American Heart Association Clinical Trial Report indicates that Radiofrequency ablation of target heart tissue shows better results than drug therapy in reducing atrial fibrillation.
Clinical/Educational
MEDICA 2011: The World’s Largest Medical Trade Fair Starts With A Record Number Of Participants: 4571 Exhibitors From 62 Countries
In the week ahead, from 16 – 19 November 2011, the attention of health and medical care professionals from around the world will once again focus on Düsseldorf, as the world’s largest medical trade fair gets underway.
Cryoplasty Post Dilatation Of SFA Decreases Risk Of Restenosis In Diabetics
Results from the COBRA clinical trial presented at TCT2011 show restenosis rate significantly reduced in diabetics when Cryoplasty adopted in SFA Stenting.
Patients Who Use Narcotics Prior To Knee Replacement Experience Worse Results
Patients who are dependent on opioids for pain management before knee replacement surgery have much more difficulty recovering, a study recently published in theJournal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) has found.
More from TCT2011: Transfemoral, but not transapical TAVR, “economically attractive”
Researchers claim Transapical TAVR is “unattractive from a health economic perspective.” compared with femoral approach.
“Bridging” Stent Patients to Cardiac Surgery
Late breaking clinical trial results from testing of cangrelor, an investigational intravenous antiplatelet, showed patients can be “bridged” from the time that their physicians stop their oral antiplatelet drugs until they undergo cardiac surgery.
UK Med-Tech Innovation on Display in the ABHI UK Pavilion at MEDICA 2011
The Association of British Healthcare Industries (ABHI) is once again organising the UK Pavilion at MEDICA in partnership with UK Trade and Investment.
Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference 2011: Live link of UK case highlights FDA’s caution on Sapien Aortic Valve PMA.
Update from TCT2011 sourced from an article by Medical Device Daily
InSeal Medical Announces Patients Successfully Treated with Novel Intravascular Large Bore Puncture Closure Device
InSeal Medical Ltd announced at TCT2011 the successful treatment of three patients with its investigational intravascular large bore puncture closure device.
Retrospective Study Shows New Device Significantly Reduces Blood Loss and Transfusions in Adolescent Scoliosis Corrective Surgery
New study demonstrates the effectiveness of the Aquamantys(R) System in limiting blood loss and reducing transfusions during spinal corrective surgery.
Mobile surgery trailer shows hospital staff new techniques
Physicians and nurses from a US hospital experience Covidien’s high-tech trailer displaying minimally invasive surgical instruments and techniques.
Brain Stimulator Shown to Reduce ‘Untreatable’ Epileptic Seizures
Brain stimulation has now been shown to offer significant relief to patients with intractable seizures for whom drugs and other treatments have not worked.
Medtronic Resolute® Drug-Eluting Stent Shows Strong Results, Even in Challenging Diabetes Patients with Coronary Disease
Pooled Data Analyses to Be Presented at TCT 2011 Demonstrate Heart Device’s Consistently Positive Performance Across Multiple Clinical Studies
Round 2: 3M turns on Porton group after losing Round 1 in High Court.
3M Healthcare and UK Government and associated groups have been in dispute over claims that 3M “deliberately mismanaged” trials of its BacLite product.
International Vascular Endoscopy Course, 2011
Welcome notes for the International Vascular Endoscopy Course combined with International Vascular Society European meeting 2011.
Integra Showcases New Headlight System at NASS
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. featured the new Integra(TM) LED Headlight System at the North American Spine Society (NASS) Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, November 2-5, 2011.