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Results reveal that patients who used cannabis prior to lower extremity bypass had decreased patency and were 1.25 times more likely to require amputation one year after surgery. Cannabis users were also 1.56 times more likely to use opioids...

Using machine learning and clinical data from electronic health records, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York constructed an in silico, or computer-derived, marker for coronary artery disease (CAD) to...

Pi-Cardia Ltd. announced that the first patient in the United States has been successfully treated with ShortCut™, designed to split the leaflets of a pre-existing valve to enable safe TAVR in patients at risk for coronary obstruction.

Dr. Pradeep Nair, interventional cardiologist, is the first in the nation to use the Infraredx Clarispro™ High-Definition Intravascular Ultrasound (HD-IVUS) Catheter with the sharpest images on the market to treat peripheral vascular disease.

Medicare Advantage plans are getting paid by the federal government for care that ultimately produces the same rate of survival as care not actively managed by an insurance company, the researchers note.

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI), the leading nonprofit medical society representing interventional cardiology (IC) is excited to formally announce that the subspecialty will join the NRMP’s Medical...

 BioCardia, Inc., a developer of cellular and cell-derived therapeutics for the treatment of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases,  announced Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its Investigational New Drug (IND) application to...

Australian and Iraqi engineers have designed a system to remotely measure blood pressure by filming a person's forehead and extracting cardiac signals using artificial intelligence algorithms.

Abiomed announces the first three patients in the world have been treated with Impella RP Flex with SmartAssist, Abiomed’s newest heart pump for patients experiencing right heart failure.

Educational program for premier endovascular event is endorsed by the Society of Interventional Radiology and co-developed by Society of Vascular Medicine and a recently added partnership with the Society of Vascular Surgery.