Stent Implantation

SES with biodegradable polymer (Orsiro, Biotronik) vs. EES with durable polymer (Xience Xpedition/Alpine, Abbott Vascular) for PCI in patients with STEMI.

A biodegradable polymer sirolimus-eluting stent remained superior to a durable polymer everolimus-eluting stent at 2 years, researchers reported.

Medtronic announced it received FDA approval for its venous self-expanding stent system, indicated for use in the iliofemoral veins in patients with symptomatic iliofemoral venous outflow obstruction.

PCIs performed on in-stent restenosis lesions are often treated with another stent, researchers found.

Optimal techniques for stenting complex coronary bifurcation lesions.

In patients with complex coronary bifurcation lesions, a systematic two-stent technique was associated with better outcomes compared with a provisional stenting approach, according to results of the DEFINITION II trial.

Patients who underwent Xen gel stent implantation combined with phacoemulsification to treat primary or secondary open-angle glaucoma experienced a similar central endothelial cell density loss at 2 years as those who underwent stand-alone phacoemulsification, according to a study.

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Patients with elevated IOP due to either a fibrotic or shallow bleb or increased vascularity after Xen gel stent implantation experienced a mean 35.9% IOP reduction from preoperative levels after undergoing a needling revision, according to a study.

Compared with transfemoral carotid artery stenting, transcarotid artery revascularization with flow reversal was associated with lower rates of stroke and death in patients with carotid artery stenosis, according to a propensity score-matched analysis published in JAMA.