Intravascular Imaging-Guided PCI Reaches a Turning Point With Survival, MI Benefits
For the first time, intravascular imaging-guided coronary stenting was associated with better survival and reduced myocardial infarction (MI) in a meta-analysis powered to detect these benefits against angiography, researchers reported. Randomized to optical coherence tomography (OCT) or intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guidance, patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with contemporary stents showed a decrease in […]
Lithotripsy Advantage in Calcified Peripheral Vessels Holds Up at 1 Year
ATLANTA — Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) beat percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) for keeping calcified peripheral artery lesions open at 1 year, the Disrupt PAD III trial showed. Primary patency at 1 year was 80.5% for the IVL arm compared with 68.0% for the PTA arm (P=0.017), reported William Gray, MD, co-director of the Lankenau Heart Institute […]