Percutaneous in Medical News

Boston Scientific Announces Schedule for EuroPCR 2009

... in the main arena. The SYNTAX trial compares percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using the TAXUS(R) ... review session titled "Challenging the experts: percutaneous coronary intervention decision making for ... score for predicting clinical outcome after percutaneous coronary intervention of unprotected left main ...

First 100 Patients Treated in Europe with the MitraClip(R) System for Percutaneous Mitral Repair

... the leader in the development of devices for the percutaneous repair of cardiac valves, announced today that ... About the MitraClip(R) Procedure percutaneous mitral repair with Evalve's MitraClip(R) device ... has developed a proprietary system which enables percutaneous repair of cardiac valves. The company's initial ...

PercSys Introduces Accordion CoAx(TM) Stone Control Device for Facilitating Percutaneous Kidney Stone Treatments

... PALO ALTO, Calif., April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- percutaneous Systems, Inc. (PercSys) today announced that it ... to simplify and shorten minimally invasive percutaneous kidney stone procedures, called percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL). A method of stone ...

First Patients Enrolled in the Access-Europe Study of The MitraClip(R) Therapy

... the leader in the development of devices for the percutaneous repair of cardiac valves, announced today the ... About the MitraClip(R) Procedure percutaneous mitral repair with Evalve's MitraClip(R) device ... has developed a proprietary system which enables percutaneous repair of cardiac valves. The company's initial ...

First Dutch Patients Treated With the Percutaneous MitraClip(R) System

... the leader in the development of devices for the percutaneous repair of cardiac valves, announced today that ... About the MitraClip(R) Procedure percutaneous mitral repair with Evalve's MitraClip(R) device ... has developed a proprietary system which enables percutaneous repair of cardiac valves. The company's initial ...

Cone-beam CT: Just as useful as MDCT before and after percutaneous vertebroplasty

... useful when evaluating patients before and after percutaneous vertebroplasty according to a study performed at ... Radiology, Kyushu University, Fukoka, Japan. percutaneous vertebroplasty is a minimally invasive cement ... osteoporotic compression fractures and underwent percutaneous vertebroplasty for treatment. During the study ...

The future of interventional cardiology presented at TCT 2008

... Acute Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary percutaneous Coronary Intervention ARNO: A Prospective ... Plus Protamine in Patients Undergoing Elective percutaneous Coronary Intervention NAPLES: A Prospective ... with Diabetes Mellitus Undergoing Elective percutaneous Coronary Intervention PROBI VIRI: A Prospective ...

TCT update: press conference schedule announced for TCT

... Acute Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary percutaneous Coronary Intervention ARNO: A Prospective ... Plus Protamine in Patients Undergoing Elective percutaneous Coronary Intervention NAPLES: A Prospective ... with Diabetes Mellitus Undergoing Elective percutaneous Coronary Intervention PROBI VIRI: A Prospective ...

Angioplasty Proves Reasonable Alternative to Bypass Surgery

... with blockages in the left main coronary artery, percutaneous coronary intervention -- PCI, often referred to ... coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) over percutaneous coronary intervention unless a previous graft has ... in these patients, the study authors stressed. percutaneous coronary intervention, which refers to a number ...

Study finds support for PCI in unprotected left main disease

... CHICAGO, Ill. (March 31, 2008) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) may be a reasonable ... Left MAIN Coronary Artery Stenosis: COMparison of percutaneous Coronary Angioplasty Versus Surgical ... Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis: Comparison of percutaneous Coronary Angioplasty Versus Surgical ...

Correction: Evalve Announces CE Mark Approval of the World's First Percutaneous Valve Repair System

... the leader in the development of devices for the percutaneous repair of cardiac valves, announced today CE Mark ... risk-benefit profile from the less invasive percutaneous intervention with the MitraClip device. -- ... About the MitraClip Procedure percutaneous mitral repair with Evalve's MitraClip device is ...

Evalve Announces CE Mark Approval of the World's First Percutaneous Valve Repair System

... the leader in the development of devices for the percutaneous repair of cardiac valves, announced today CE Mark ... risk-benefit profile from the less invasive percutaneous intervention with the MitraClip device. -- ... About the MitraClip Procedure percutaneous mitral repair with Evalve's MitraClip device is ...

Scientific poster abstracts from the 24th annual meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine

... Implanted Programmable Intrathecal Pump 113 percutaneous Thermal Disc Decompression in Patients with ... 145 Use of Ultrasound Guidance for Placement of percutaneous Trial Leads for Peripheral Nerve Stimulation of ... Implantable Pulse Generator in Combination with percutaneous Leads for the Management of Chronic Pain of the ...

UPDATED: Evalve(R) Completes $60 Million Series D Financing

... the leader in the development of devices for the percutaneous repair of cardiac valves, announced today that it ... commercialization of our MitraClip device for percutaneous mitral repair." Evalve also announced today ... Inc., and for an animated explanation of the percutaneous Mitral Repair procedure using the MitraClip ...

Evalve(R) Completes $60 Million Series D Financing

... & Safety of Evalve's MitraClip(R) Device for percutaneous Repair of Mitral Valve ... the leader in the development of devices for the percutaneous repair of cardiac valves, announced today that it ... commercialization of our MitraClip device for percutaneous mitral repair." Evalve also announced today ...

Percutaneous valve therapy: is it safe and effective?

... advancing field within interventional cardiology: percutaneous procedures to repair and replace defective heart valves. percutaneous valve procedures, which are currently approved ... studies analyzing the safety and efficacy of percutaneous valve therapies will be presented at TCT 2007: ...

New treatment effective for patients with shoulder pain

... be treated with a simple and cost effective percutaneous method according to a recent study conducted by ... that were treated with sonographically guided percutaneous needle lavage i.e. injections of lydocaine or ... in working hours lost. The alternatives to percutaneous treatment are surgery and shockwave therapy, ...

Cardiva Medical, Inc. to Present at the UBS 2007 Global Life Science Conference With the Announcement of FDA 510(K) Clearance of its Newest Device: The Boomerang Catalyst II System(TM)

... has been used in more than 80,000 percutaneous catheterization procedures in the U.S. During percutaneous catheterizations procedures, a catheter is ... Catalyst System devices At the end of the percutaneous procedure, the thin Boomerang Catalyst System is ...

Cardiva Medical, Inc. to Present at the UBS 2007 Global Life Science Conference With the Announcement of FDA 510(K) Clearance of its Newest Device: The Boomerang Catalyst II System(TM)

... has been used in more than 80,000 percutaneous catheterization procedures in the U.S. During percutaneous catheterizations procedures, a catheter is ... Catalyst System devices At the end of the percutaneous procedure, the thin Boomerang Catalyst System is ...

Effient(TM) is Now Available in Pharmacies

... syndromes (ACS) who are managed with an artery-opening procedure known as percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). PCI usually includes the placement of a ... thrombosis) in patients with acute coronary syndromes who are managed with percutaneous coronary intervention and reflects Daiichi Sankyo's and Lilly's current ...

Is RTA a new potential option for the treatment of hydatid cysts?

... Current treatment of cystic echinococcosis is surgery or percutaneous aspiration, injection and reaspiration (PAIR) using hypertonic saline or ... of cysto-biliary communication would no longer be a contraindication to percutaneous treatment of hydatid cysts; and (3) the persistence of endocyst attachment ...

Daiichi Sankyo and Lilly Receive U.S. FDA Approval for Effient(TM)

... syndromes who are managed with an artery-opening procedure known as percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). PCI usually includes the placement of a ... thrombosis) in patients with acute coronary syndromes who are managed with percutaneous coronary intervention and reflects Daiichi Sankyo's and Lilly's current ...

Rotator cuff treatment provides immediate tendonitis relief

... limitations and complications," Dr. Sconfienza said. Ultrasound-guided percutaneous (through the skin) therapy represents an effective and inexpensive ... Hospital in Pietra Ligure, Italy, and colleagues used ultrasound-guided percutaneous therapy to treat 235 shoulders in 133 women and 86 men (mean age 42) with ...

CPC Strengthens Foundation as a Closure Products Company with its Vertically Integrated Product Pipeline

... MedClose(TM) VCS, which is an internal puncture-closing system for use in percutaneous intravascular diagnostic and interventional procedures, and announced ... implants. 15-20Fr for applications such as existing designs for percutaneous aortic and mitral valve replacement, endovascular stent grafts. ...

With Heart Attacks, Fast Treatment Matters

... risk of dying, a new study concludes. Balloon angioplasty, or primary percutaneous intervention, is used to open blocked coronary arteries. For the study, ... for an 'as soon as possible' standard for patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention," they wrote. "Such an approach, using necessary ...

Cardiva Medical, Inc. Receives FDA Clearance for the Catalyst(TM)III System, First in Class Drug Coated Vessel Closure Device

... contacts the tissue tract from the arteriotomy site to the point of percutaneous entry in the skin. Cardiva estimates that annually 1.7 million patients ... are for peripheral vascular disease, the fastest growing segment in the percutaneous procedure market. Initial use of the Catalyst III system took place ...

SCAI Releases Consensus Statement on Length of Stay Following Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

... have put pressure on health care facilities to shift more elective percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) to "same-day" outpatient procedures. This ... elective PCI. The document, titled "Defining the Length of Stay Following percutaneous Coronary Intervention," was published online today in Catheterization and ...

For ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI), Interviewed Experts Indicate That The Medicines Company's Angiomax/Angiox Has Efficacy Advantages Over Sales-Leading ReoPro

... Resources' Gold-Standard Status in 2017 for the Treatment of STEMI with percutaneous Coronary Intervention, According to a New Report from Decision Resources ... in this attribute over Eli Lilly's ReoPro, the sales-leading agent in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) treatment of STEMI. The new report ...

For Reducing Mortality, Current and Emerging Therapies Have No Advantage Over Carvedilol in the Treatment of Coronary Heart Disease (Stable Angina)

... percutaneous Coronary Intervention Will Retain Decision Resources' Clinical Gold ... Resources' proprietary clinical gold standard for stable angina was percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Based on available data and expert opinion, ...

Telemonitoring changes the working practice of cardiac nurses

... of Surrey (Guildford, UK), will focus on the impact that primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is having on nurses and allied health professionals. Primary percutaneous coronary intervention, also known as primary angioplasty, is a technique ...

'Stent 4 Life': A campaign is launched to increase the use of primary PCI in acute coronary patients

... ESC Working Group on Acute Cardiac Care and the European Association of percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI). "Stent 4 Life" is a project designed to encourage the wider use of reperfusion therapy with percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI, with balloon angioplasty and stent) in ....

Drugs Before Stents for Stable Heart Disease, Study Says

... would be better to open blocked heart arteries with a catheter -- called percutaneous transluminal balloon coronary angioplasty -- with or without a bare-metal ... better off with initial treatment with optimal medical therapy, reserving percutaneous coronary intervention for those patients with persistent symptoms despite ...

Dr. James F. Pingpank to Present at the Sixth International Symposium on Melanoma and Other Cutaneous Malignancies on March 13- 14, 2009 in New York City

... (Nasdaq: DCTH ) , a medical technology company testing its proprietary percutaneous Hepatic Perfusion ("PHP(TM)") System for the treatment of cancers of the ... ) Dr. Pingpank's presentation is titled Targeting the Liver: percutaneous Hepatic Perfusion/Intra-Arterial . Dr. Pingpank will discuss his ...

SYNTAX defines borders between CABG and PCI with TAXUS drug-eluting stents

... it possible to treat increasingly complex coronary artery lesions with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), a technique first introduced in 1977. But ... Society of Cardiology and president of the European Association for percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) said: "The SYNTAX study shows the ...

Experience Brings Better Angioplasty Outcomes

... of angioplasty and stents, a new study shows. Experts generally view percutaneous coronary interevention (PCI), which uses angioplasty and a stent to clear ... More information The American Heart Association has more about percutaneous coronary intervention . -- Kevin ...

Diseased Heart Valve Replaced Through Small Chest Incision

... Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. "By utilizing the percutaneous technique -- meaning surgery is not required -- we are able to greatly reduce risk for these patients. We see percutaneous valve repair as not only having a great impact upon how high-risk patients ...

Easing regulations does not mean lower quality of cardiac care

... 2002 for patients who received coronary artery bypass graft surgery and percutaneous coronary interventions, more commonly known as angioplasty. "We found no overall increase in mortality rates for bypass or percutaneous procedures after states dropped the regulations," said Ho. "Trends in ...

American Heart Association 2008 Wrap-Up Report: Top Research Advances Include Studies That Influence Medical Care, Apply Science To 'Real World' Communities

... of Cardiolog y (ESC), in collaboration with the European Association of percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) The treatment of severe ... stable coronary disease Advances in the technology underlying percutaneous coronary interventions have allowed an approach to more technically ...

CardiacAssist, Inc. Announces Record Breaking Site Activity and Financial Results

... can not be supported by any other devices, the TandemHeart is the only percutaneous solution and has been used by more than 40 centers in this way. More ... support of the TandemHeart. The TandemHeart is the only 5 lpm net flow, percutaneous "extracorporeal circulatory support" device approved by the FDA for sale ...

First Patients Treated in Italy With the Percutaneous MitraClip(R) System

... -- Evalve, Inc., the leader in the development of devices for the percutaneous repair of cardiac valves, announced today that the first two patients in ... associated risks and trauma of surgery." About the MitraClip Procedure percutaneous mitral repair with Evalve's MitraClip device is performed by physicians in ...