1. CT Scans Cheaper, Faster Way to Detect Coronaries
(Communities/CT)

... tests with a radioactive dye. The portion of patients who needed a definitive but invasive angiography test to see whether they should have an artery-opening balloon angioplasty procedure or bypass operation ...

2. Enterprise-Wide Solution Integrates Cardiac And Radiographic Studies
(Communities/Cardiac Vasculature)

... catheterization lab in 1988 and the first balloon angioplasty program in 2000. The hospital provides numerous other heart care services, including enhanced external counterpulsation and a complete cardiac ...

3. First Use in a Patient of The InfraReDx LipiScan Coronary Imaging System
(Company News/InfraReDx)

... Cardiovascular Systems, a company that pioneered development of balloon angioplasty and was acquired by Guidant. With the development of the LipiScan Coronary Imaging System, Sanderling is again contributing ...

4. New biodegradable magnesium stents for coronary arteries
(Imported/Imported)

Biodegradable magnesium stents have been developed to treat blockages in coronary arteries which can degrade within four months and achieve the same results as conventional stents, conclude researchers. ...

5. 'False-positive' activation of cardiac catheterization laboratory may occur in some patients with suspected heart attack
(Communities/Cardiac Vasculature)

... (PCI; procedures such as balloon angioplasty or stent placement used to open narrowed coronary arteries) at a tertiary cardiovascular center in Minnesota. Of the 1,335 patients with suspected STEMI who ...

6. Patients appear to be at increased risk of adverse events within three months after stopping clopidogrel therapy for ACS
(Imported/Imported)

... for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) for patients treated either medically or with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI - procedures such as balloon angioplasty or stent placement used to open narrowed ...

7. New vibrating catheter pulverizes plaque in clogged arteries
(Imported/Imported)

... that help to disrupt the surface of the CTO. "Once the high-frequency vibration breaks through the blockage in the artery, we can then perform standard balloon angioplasty and stent placement. For many ...

8. Central venous catheters pose risk for hemodialysis patients
(Imported/Imported)

... and recently developed catheter dysfunction," the authors note. One patient was treated with percutaneous balloon angioplasty and two were treated with intravenous heparin. "Thrombolysis constitutes ...

9. Angioplasty improves oxygen consumption after tetralogy of Fallot repair
(Imported/Imported)

Balloon angioplasty increases peak oxygen consumption and gas exchange during exercise in certain patients who have undergone repair of tetralogy of Fallot, researchers report in the American Heart Journal. ...

10. Zilver trial aims to offer high-tech relief for peripheral arterial disease
(Imported/Imported)

... 420 patients worldwide, about 80 at Penn. Participants will be randomized into two groups, one to receive the Zilver PTX Stent (manufactured by Cook Medical) and one to receive balloon angioplasty, a more ...

11. FDA grants market clearance for the LipiScan(TM) Coronary Imaging System
(Company News/InfraReDx)

... a company that pioneered development of balloon angioplasty and was acquired by Guidant." "While angioplasty and stenting were major advances, stenting has not been capable of preventing heart attacks ...

12. Cerebral angioplasty does not improve outcomes after subarachnoid hemorrhage
(Radiology News/Radiology Articles)

Percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty (PTBA) aimed at reducing cerebral vasospasm does not improve the poor outcomes of patients with Fisher grade III subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), according to ...

13. Angioplasty for chest pain is no bargain: US study
(Radiology News/Radiology Articles)

... and still get relief from their chest pain, although it may take more time. Initial results from the same study last year found balloon angioplasty to restore blood flow to clogged heart arteries plus ...

14. Minimally invasive techniques safe for lower extremity vascular disease
(Imported/Imported)

... looked at a series of 1,000 catheter-based, or intravascular, interventions—including balloon angioplasty, stenting and atherectomy (aka 'rotorooter'). They found that the treatment was still effective ...

15. Arterial vascular disease underdiagnosed, undertreated in older US women
(Imported/Imported)

... such as balloon angioplasty or stenting in women. A review of minimal invasive procedures performed by the Division of Vascular Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, a joint program between Columbia ...

16. Statewide program helps improve quality of care for heart attack
(Imported/Imported)

... itself, whether is was fibrinolytic therapy (medication for dissolving blood clots) or primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI; procedures such as balloon angioplasty or stent placement used to ...

17. No overall improvement seen with bivalirudin after PCI in low-risk patients
(Imported/Imported)

... and Technical University in Munich, Germany. ISAR-REACT-3 involved 4,570 troponin-negative patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing PCI and balloon angioplasty or bare metal stent placement. Most ...

18. American College of Cardiology and Center of Excellence for Simulation Research of Western Michigan University (CESR) partner for in situ simulation to improve team communication and door-to-balloon (D2B) time
(Imported/Imported)

The ACC and the CESR announced the launch of an educational and research partnership, using in situ simulation to improve the time from acute MI presentation to balloon angioplasty. The American College ...

19. Cerebral angioplasty does not improve outcomes after subarachnoid hemorrhage
(Radiology News/Radiology Articles)

Tags: [percutaneous, transluminal, balloon angioplasty, PTBA, cerebral vasospasm, subarachnoid hemorrhage, SAH, stroke]  ...

20. American College of Cardiology and Center of Excellence for Simulation Research of Western Michigan University (CESR) partner for in situ simulation to improve team communication and door-to-balloon (D2B) time
(Imported/Imported)

Tags: [in situ simulation, acute MI, balloon angioplasty]  ...