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Shockwave L6 Provides Physicians with Larger-Diameter Catheters to Expand Potential Treatment of Peripheral Vessels

The BEVAR study uses Bentley's BeGraft peripheral PLUS balloon expandable covered stent (Bentley InnoMed, Hechingen, Germany) as a bridging stent in complex aortic aneurysms repairs.

Merck recently unveiled the Phase II clinical data for MK-0616, an investigational oral cholesterol-lowering drug, revealing that it significantly reduced low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in adults.

The system combines next-generation DeepOCT™ images and near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) with state-of-the-art ease of use to support physicians optimizing coronary stenting in the cardiac catheterization lab.

Study will evaluate THERMOCOOL SMARTTOUCH™ SF Dual Energy Catheter’s potential to enable safer and simpler procedures with the ability to deliver both radiofrequency and pulsed field ablation

In the study, Intermountain researchers examined patients who enrolled in the INSPIRE registry, a voluntary registry at Intermountain Health, who were also undergoing cardiac catheterization from February 2013 to March 2020.

The project is designed to monitor the tissue for changes in heart muscle cells’ mitochondria (their power supply) and ability to contract in low-gravity conditions.

The current study was conducted among 1,856 adolescents of whom 1,011 were female.

Results suggest CardiAMP cell therapy may restore and maintain heart function to previously non-functioning areas of the heart up to 2 years after treatment.

A new University of Chicago study examining Medicare claims found older adults living near fracking sites in Pennsylvania were more likely to be hospitalized for cardiovascular diseases than those who lived in nearby New York state, where...