Tag: claudication
“Game-changing” six-month SUCCESS PTA results report Selution SLR efficacy
The first report of six-month results from the SUCCESS PTA trial evaluating the Selution SLR (Cordis) drug-eluting balloon has shown that consistent haemodynamic, functional...
SCOREPAD seeks to address “alarmingly high” mortality in CLTI patients with...
A new research letter underscores the need to improve long-term survival following lower extremity revascularisation for chronic limb-threatening ischaemia (CLTI), setting out a randomised...
Claudication: Long-term Medicare study highlights “critical” need for value-based care
A newly published US Medicare cohort study illuminates trends and factors associated with peripheral vascular interventions (PVIs)—including a sharp rise in the use of...
Endovascular CFA treatment associated with increased rate of long-term CFA-specific reintervention,...
A recent study suggests that endovascular treatment of the common femoral artery (CFA) is associated with an increased rate of long-term CFA-specific reintervention, regardless...
Stenting of the SFA for intermittent claudication yields quality-of-life benefits out...
In a recent study of patients with intermittent claudication (IC) caused by isolated superficial femoral artery (SFA) lesions, researchers found that primary stenting conferred...
VOYAGER PAD subanalysis highlights risks for claudicants undergoing revascularisation
Principal investigator of the VOYAGER PAD trial, Marc Bonaca (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, USA) speaks to Vascular News about the latest data...
Favourable cost-effectiveness results for endovascular SFA treatment in claudicants
From a cost-effectiveness standpoint, primary stenting of the superficial femoral artery (SFA) for the treatment of intermittent claudication can, in many countries, be used...
Benefit and risk: Meta-analysis draws a heterogeneous picture of drug-coated balloon...
Scientists of Jena University Hospital, Germany, conducted a meta-analysis sought to evaluate benefit and risk of paclitaxel-coated balloon angioplasty compared to plain old balloon...
