Cardiology

The FDA Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee panel voted 11-4 to support the benefits of the INCRAFT AAA Stent Graft System from Cardinal Health.

The catheter is now indicated for use with an aspiration technique for blood clot removal in patients with acute ischemic stroke.

Barton-Maxell details the importance of caring for stage A heart failure patients in the primary care setting.

Updated research regarding the ANDROMEDA study indicates the efficacy of subcutaneous daratumumab (DARA SC) and cyclophosphamide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone (CyBorD) as a combination therapy in newly diagnosed light chain (AL) amyloidosis patients.

The biologic was previously approved for patients with hemophilia A with factor VIII inhibitors, but additional results indicated efficacy for patient without factor VIII inhibitors as well.

Methamphetamine abuse is on a steady rise in the US. A new study highlights the nature and dangers of Meth-PAH.

Those with hypertension had roughly 2.5 times more inpatient costs, almost twice the outpatient cost, and roughly triple the prescription medication cost annually.

A survey of internal medicine residents found that differing professional needs and perceptions of the field of cardiology were strongly associated with decisions to pursue or avoid cardiology careers.

Individualized holistic, evidence-based medicine will be accessible to more patients in New York beginning in June 2018, when the 2-year-old Integrative Health and Wellbeing program expands from its original site.

The cap is the first and only device that kills infection-causing bacteria inside a long-term catheter, preventing contamination.

Eltrombopag (Promacta) was granted Priority Review designation, indicating a 6-month timeline for review.

A growing class of medications, SGLT-2 inhibitors have helped physicians manage otherwise uncontrolled cases of type 2 diabetes.

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This morning, Pfizer announced that its investigational therapy for the treatment of patients with transthyretin (TTR) cardiomyopathy, tafamidis, received Breakthrough Therapy designation from the US FDA.

Since its original approval in 2008, more than 8 million patients worldwide have received a XIENCE stent, according to Abbott.

The CANTOS findings have strengthened the relationship between cardiovascular disease and inflammation. Here’s how they are changing the way clinicians understand heart conditions.

Treated with Medtronic’s Symplicity Spyral renal denervation system, those patients experienced no major adverse safety events at 6 months.

Study results show that OHTN may be an early biomarker of hypertension and may herald risk of developing AMD, and perhaps, other conditions caused by vascular disease.

The study estimated that full achievement of the 2017 hypertension guidelines would prevent 610,000 major cardiovascular events and 334,000 deaths in the US annually.

Avinger stated that it plans to incorporate this next generation version of the device into its ongoing clinical trial program, INSIGHT, an FDA Investigation Device Exemption study.

FlowTriever is the first thrombectomy device cleared for the treatment of pulmonary embolism.

The agency’s decision was made based on data from 2 phase 3 clinical trials—ADAPT-1 and ADAPT-2—which tested the safety and efficacy of avatrombopag in 435 patients.

Older people adhering to the antioxidant-rich diet were less likely die from cardiovascular conditions when exposed to greater ambient air pollution.

Cerenovus’ mechanical thrombectomy device is indicated for the removal of blood clots in the 8 hours following ischemic stroke.

The therapy showed reduction in nighttime resting heart rate comparable to that of beta blockers.