NACMI: Evaluating Clinical Outcomes for ST-Elevation in COVID-19 Patients
A new registry of patients with COVID-19 and ST-segment elevation aims to assess the connection between this biomarker and increased risk of severe illness...
Lower Bleeding Risk with Post-PCI Bivalirudin in Heart Attack Patients: Analysis
Bivalirudin yielded similar 30-day mortality rates to heparin following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in heart attack patients, but showed a bleeding and mortality benefit...
OPTIMIZE: Novel Fixed-Wire Drug-Eluting Stent Does Not Achieve Non-Inferiority Compared to Existing Systems
New findings presented at Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2020 showed that the Slender Integrated Delivery System (IDS), a novel, low-profile drug-eluting stent (DES) did...
TRANSIT: Second TAVR Procedure Safe and Effective Treatment for Valve Degeneration
A second transcatheter procedure may safely and effectively treat patients with degenerated bioprostheses following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), according to findings presented at...
COBRA-REDUCE: Cobra PzF Stent Fails to Best DES
A novel NanoCoated Coronary Stent (NCS) failed to meet noninferiority criteria to a drug eluting stent, new trial results from Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT)...
SOLVE-TAVI: Self-Expandable vs. Balloon-Expandable Valves Yield Similar Outcomes
Two different types of prosthetic aortic valves yielded similar rates of mortality, valve regurgitation, and need for subsequent pacemaker implantation, according to results from...
DEFINE-FLOW: Assessing Clinical Outcomes of PCI Deferral in FFR-Abnormal Lesions with Intact CFR
Results from a new observational study presented at Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2020 showed that untreated lesions with abnormal fractional flow reserve (FFR) but...
