Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)

This channel includes news, interventions, and new technology innovations for peripheral artery diease, PAD and critical limb ischemia.

The first results from the IN.PACT Below the Knee (BTK) Study, a feasibility study assessing the safety and effectiveness of the Medtronic IN.PACT 0.014 drug-coated balloon (DCB) in critical limb ischemia (CLI) subjects with chronic total occlusion (CTO) in the infrapopliteal arteries. The data were presented in the Late-Breaking Clinical Trial Sessions at 2020 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Connect virtual symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF). #TCTconnect #TCT2020

News | Drug-Eluting Balloons

Drug-coated Balloon for Challenging Below-the-Knee Disease Shows Promise in Patients with Critical Limb Ischemia

October 18, 2020 – The first results from the IN.PACT Below the Knee (BTK) Study, a feasibility study assessing the ...

October 18, 2020

Philips introduced the QuickClear Mechanical Thrombectomy System. It is a simple thrombectomy solution provides physicians with an all-in-one, single-use aspiration catheter and pump system.

News | Thrombectomy Devices

Philips Introduces QuickClear Mechanical Thrombectomy System for Blood Clot Removal

September 25, 2020 — Philips Healthcare launched its QuickClear mechanical thrombectomy system. The compact, single-use ...

September 25, 2020

News | Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO)

FDA Clears TigerEye Image-guided CTO Crossing System

September 14, 2020 — Avinger received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its ...

September 14, 2020

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) granted a New Technology Add-on Payment (NTAP) for the Boston Scientific Eluvia Drug-Eluting Vascular Stent System as part of the 2021 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS).

News | Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)

CMS Grants Additional Reimbursement for Eluvia Vascular Stent

September 4, 2020 — The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) granted a New Technology Add-on Payment ...

September 04, 2020

Abbott Espirit BTK Bioresorbable stent, or bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) measures 99 microns and is made from poly-L-lactide (PLLA), a semi-crystalline bioresorbable polymer engineered to resist vessel recoil and provide a platform for drug delivery. Abbott Absorb

Feature | Stents Bioresorbable

Abbott Restarts Bioresorbable Stent Clinical Trials With New Esprit Below-the-knee Scaffold

September 3, 2020 — Abbott today announced the start of the LIFE-BTK clinical trial to evaluate the safety and ...

September 03, 2020

News | Atherectomy Devices

BD Acquires Atherectomy and Thrombectomy Technologies With Straub Medical

July 20, 2020 – BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) recently completed the acquisition of Straub Medical AG, a privately ...

July 20, 2020

he 36-month results from Veryan Medical’s MIMICS-2 study for the BioMimics 3D femoropopliteal stent showed low rates of revascularization and compared very favorably to current standards of care. The results were presented by Professor Thomas Zeller, M.D., University Heart Centre Freiburg, Bad Krozingen, Germany at the CX 2020 Live conference.

News | Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)

Excellent 3-year Results in MIMICS-2 Study of the BioMimics 3D Vascular Stent

June 16, 2020 — The 36-month results from Veryan Medical’s MIMICS-2 study for the BioMimics 3D femoropopliteal stent ...

June 16, 2020

The VOYAGER PAD trial showed patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease (PAD) who took the blood thinner rivaroxaban with aspirin after undergoing a procedure to treat blocked arteries in the leg had a 15 percent reduction in the risk of major adverse limb and cardiovascular events when compared with those receiving aspirin alone. #ACC20

News | Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)

Rivaroxaban Reduces Risks in Peripheral Artery Disease Post-Intervention

March 28, 2020 — People with symptomatic peripheral artery disease (PAD) who took the blood thinner rivaroxaban with ...

March 28, 2020

Medicare, CMS, calls for cancelling or postponing all elective or non-essential medical procedures, test and surgeries due to COVID-19. #COVID19 #SARcov2 #coronavirus #cardiology

Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | Dave Fornell, Editor

CMS Calls For Postponing All Elective Cardiac Tests and Procedures to Aid COVID-19 Containment

March 20, 2020 — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced March 18, 2020, that all elective ...

March 20, 2020

A CSI Diamondabck 360 atheretectomy system in use during a cath lab procedure at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Photo by Dave Fornell

News | Atherectomy Devices

FDA Issues Final Guidance on Peripheral Vascular Atherectomy Devices

February 13, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued its final guidance on "Peripheral Vascular ...

February 13, 2020

The Boston Scientific Eluvia self-expanding, drug-eluting, peripheral stent.

Feature | Stents | Saloni Walimbe

Innovations in Cardiovascular Disease Treatment and the Rising Demand for Stents

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are among the leading causes of death across the globe. For patients suffering from high ...

February 11, 2020

The most popular content in the month of November on DAIC was by far the data from the late-breaking trials from the American Herart Association (AHA) 2019 meeting. The second item on this month's list is an overview of key heart failure takeaways from AHA by Nasrien Ibrahim, M.D., associate director of resynchronization and advanced cardiac therapeutics at Massachusetts General Hospital. Photo by Scott Morgan/AHA.

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December 16, 2019 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) ...

December 17, 2019

The FDA cleared the IN.PACT AV drug-coated Balloon. Clinical data shows In.Pact AV DCB is Safe, reduces reinterventions and maintains access for end-stage renal disease patients undergoing dialysis

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FDA Clears Medtronic Drug-Coated Balloon to Treat Arteriovenous Fistula Lesions

November 21, 2019 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Medtronic In.Pact AV drug-coated balloon ...

November 26, 2019

News | Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)

The ULYSSE Registry Shows Benefit of Ultrasoundplasty Before Below-the-knee Interventions

November 7, 2019 — Ultrasoundplasty before angioplasty for below-the-knee lesions (BTK) lesions may improve clinical ...

November 14, 2019

News | Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)

Adventitial Temsirolimus Injections in BTK Lesions Improved Outcomes in TANGO Trial

November 14, 2019 — There were positive results in the TANGO Trial is a phase 2, dose escalation, double-blinded trial ...

November 14, 2019