http://www.ptca.org/ Feature stories about stents, angioplasty, the medical device industry, balloons, diagnostic imaging, interventional cardiology, stent thrombosis, restenosis from Angioplasty.Org en-us copyright 2006-12 Venture Digital LLC Sat, 01 Sep 2012 19:40:00 PDT http://www.ptca.org/images/nav/angio_logo1.gif http://www.ptca.org/ http://www.ptca.org/news/2013/0418_MEDTRONIC_RESOLUTE.html http://www.ptca.org/news/2013/0418_MEDTRONIC_RESOLUTE.html This week the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Interventions published an article detailing the two-year pooled analysis of outcomes from Medtronic's international RESOLUTE Global Clinical Program of over 5,100 patients: how this data showed positive results for the interventional treatment of patients with diabetes, and how these outcomes led the FDA to approve the Resolute Integrity for use in diabetic patients. Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:00:00 EDT http://www.ptca.org/voice/2013/01/28/european-society-of-cardiology-transradial-access-should-be-1st-choice-for-angioplasty-1067 http://www.ptca.org/voice/2013/01/28/european-society-of-cardiology-transradial-access-should-be-1st-choice-for-angioplasty-1067 This is very big news. Today the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI), the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association (ACCA) and the Working Group (WG) on Thrombosis of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) published their joint consensus document on the radial approach to PCI, online ahead of print in EuroIntervention. Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:47:00 EST http://www.ptca.org/news/2012/1201_SCAI.html http://www.ptca.org/news/2012/1201_SCAI.html If a cardiologist sees a blockage during a diagnostic angiogram, chances are that he or she will open it up on the spot. A new Consensus Statement from the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions is a guide as to when ad hoc PCI should and should not be the default treatment pathway. Sat, 01 Dec 2012 23:20:00 EST http://www.ptca.org/voice/2012/09/16/35th-anniversary-of-coronary-angioplasty-349 http://www.ptca.org/voice/2012/09/16/35th-anniversary-of-coronary-angioplasty-349 We present our video of the 1st PTCA (told by the people involved, including Adolph Bachman, the first patient!) to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the 1st procedure performed in 1977 by Dr. Andreas R. Gruentzig in Zurich, Switzerland. The first balloons were fashioned on a kitchen table in Gruentzig's apartment by his assistant, Maria Schlumpf. Sun, 16 Sep 2012 19:11:00 EDT http://www.ptca.org/news/2012/0827_MEDTRONIC_PROTECT.html http://www.ptca.org/news/2012/0827_MEDTRONIC_PROTECT.html Three year results from the largest randomized clinical trial of drug-eluting stents ever conducted, and the only trial sufficiently powered to measure stent thrombosis, show low rates of blood clots occurring inside drug-eluting stents implanted in "real-world" patients. What makes this study important is the very large number of patients: over 8,700 at 196 centers in 36 countries across five continents. Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:00:00 EDT