Edwards Lifesciences Corp. recently announced new data demonstrating dramatic and sustained improvements in quality of life for severe aortic stenosis (AS) patients at intermediate surgical risk treated with Edwards transcatheter heart valves. Study results were presented at the 28th Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), the annual scientific symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, in Washington, D.C.

Keystone Heart Ltd. announced that data presented at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2016 scientific symposium demonstrate an increase in brain lesions for patients following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures, which were significantly associated with delirium.

November 7, 2016 – A multicenter randomized trial evaluating the role of embolic protection using the Sentinel device ...

The 28th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium, Oct. 29-Nov. 3 in Washington, D.C., featured a number of first report investigations on novel stents that could become the next generation of bioresorbable stents in patients.

November 7, 2016 – Two-year results from the COLOR Trial, the first large-scale multicenter prospective study of its ...

Coronary artery bypass (CABG) surgery is the standard treatment for revascularization in patients with left main coronary artery (LMCA) disease, but use of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for this indication is increasing. Findings from the Nordic–Baltic–British Left Main Revascularization Study (NOBLE) trial found that despite similar mortality, the five-year risk of major adverse events was higher after PCI compared to CABG for the treatment of unprotected LMCA disease.

Investigators recently unveiled clinical data from the independent BIO-RESORT study, representing the first all-comers analysis to compare the safety and efficacy of biodegradable polymer stents (BP-DES) to the durable polymer Resolute Integrity drug-eluting stent (DP-DES) from Medtronic. At one year, patients with coronary artery disease who were treated with a biodegradable polymer stent showed no clinical benefits over patients treated with Resolute Integrity.