Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

This channel includes news and new technology innovations from cardiovascular clinical trials. These clinical studies include all cardiac subspecialties.

Abbott Portico transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) performed well PORTICO I real-world study. #EuroPCR

News | Heart Valve Technology

Portico TAVR System Reduces Severe Aortic Stenosis at 30 Days in Real-World Setting

June 1, 2018 – Use of the Abbott Portico transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) therapy was associated with ...

June 01, 2018

Severe radiation burn caused by extended X-ray angiography in the same location in the cath lab. Controlling cath lab radiation dose was a big topic in, with three articles on this subject making the top 20 list.

Feature | Dave Fornell, Editor

June 1, 2018 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) ...

June 01, 2018

News | Renal Denervation

Paradise Renal Denervation System Shows Significant Blood Pressure Reduction in Hypertensive Patients

May 31, 2018 – ReCor Medical announced that the RADIANCE-HTN SOLO study met its primary efficacy endpoint and ...

May 30, 2018

Titanium-Nitride-Oxide Stent Superior to Bioabsorbable DES in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients

News | Stents Drug Eluting

Titanium-Nitride-Oxide Stent Superior to Bioabsorbable Drug-Carrier DES in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients

May 31, 2018 – Late-breaking trial results presented at the EuroPCR Congress, May 21-24 in Paris, France, found the ...

May 31, 2018

News | Stents Drug Eluting

Orsiro DES Shows Lowest Two-Year Target Lesion Failure in BIO-RESORT Trial

May 31, 2018 — Two-year outcome data from the BIO-RESORT randomized controlled trial were presented in a late-breaking ...

May 31, 2018

An example of an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) from Maquet. The results of the SEMPER FI trial. #europcr2018 #Europcr

Feature | Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps (IABP)

IABP Shows Reduced Mortality in SEMPER FI Study

May 31, 2018 — The results from the Survival Improvement in Extensive Myocardial Infarction with PERsistent Ischemia ...

May 31, 2018

An example of renal denervation therapy being delivered. A catheter is inserted into the renal artery to ablate the nerves in the vessel wall that regulate vasoconstriction. This leaves the vessel permanently in the widest open position to allow greater blood flow to the kidneys.

Feature | Renal Denervation

PCR Says Renal Denervation Offers Hope for Noncompliant Hypertension Patients

May 30, 2018 — Despite the best efforts of clinicians to manage hypertension, it continues to increase and is now ...

May 30, 2018

News | Heart Failure

Gencaro Does Not Reduce Atrial Fibrillation Risk in Heart Failure Patients

May 30, 2018 — Data from the GENETIC-AF trial was presented in a “Late Breaking Clinical Trials” oral presentation at ...

May 30, 2018

News | Cath Lab

Shockwave Launches Coronary Intravascular Lithotripsy in Europe

May 30, 2018 — Shockwave Medical recently announced the European commercial availability of Intravascular Lithotripsy ...

May 30, 2018

News | Stents Drug Eluting

OCT Reveals Excellent Healing Profile for Complex CAD Patients With Resolute Onyx DES

May 29, 2018 – Investigators recently unveiled clinical data from the independently run Onyx 1-Month OCT Study showing ...

May 29, 2018

FFR software on the GE Centricity CVIS. A trial from the 2018 EuroPCR meeting showed FFR improves long-term outcomes.

News | Cath Lab

FAME 2, DANAMI-3-PRIMULTI and COMPARE-ACUTE FFR-guided PCI vs. Medical Therapy Improves Outcomes

May 29, 2018 — Ongoing controversy exists regarding the role of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for stable ...

May 29, 2018

The ORBITA Trial showed FFR and iFR are good predictors of PCI outcomes. This was a 2018 PCR late-breaker.

News | FFR Technologies

ORBITA: FFR and iFR as Predictors Placebo-controlled Response to PCI

May 29, 2018 — The first placebo-controlled trial that looked at how fractional flow reserve (FFR) and instantaneous ...

May 29, 2018

EuroPCR conference live case presentation. PCR late-breaking trials.

Feature | EuroPCR

EuroPCR 2018 Late-breaking Trials in Interventional Cardiology

Here are the late-breaking trials and other key study presentations from the 2018 EuroPCR conference. This is the annual ...

May 31, 2018

News | Stents Bifurcation

Medtronic Begins Bifurcation Cohort of U.S. RESOLUTE ONYX Study

May 29, 2018 – Medtronic plc announced the initiation of a U.S. clinical study to assess the safety and efficacy of drug ...

May 29, 2018

News

First-in-human Electroporation Ablation Study Finds Pulsed Electric Fields Can Target Specific Tissue For Atrial Fibrillation

May 25, 2018 — Data from the first-in-human study using pulsed electric field (PEF) energy ablate heart tissue in the ...

May 25, 2018