Tag: critical limb ischaemia
ESRD strongly associated with adverse limb events in new study
A new investigation into the association between end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and major adverse limb events (MALEs) has found that not only is it...
Tractus Vascular announces first-in-man use of Tractus Crossing Support Catheter with...
Tractus Vascular recently announced the first-in-man use of the Tractus Crossing Support Catheter (Tractus CSC). The Tractus CSC represents a highly novel approach to...
The CLI Global Society announces the Journal of Critical Limb Ischemia
The CLI Global Society is launching the first peer-reviewed academic journal focusing on interventional techniques pertaining to critical limb ischemia (CLI). The new journal,...
Rexgenero acquires the key technology and programme assets of aratinga.bio SAS...
Rexgenero, a regenerative medicine company developing advanced cell therapies to treat chronic limb-threatening ischaemia (CLTI), has announced the acquisition of all the key assets...
First US commercial use of Tack Endovascular System (4F) in BTK...
Intact Vascular has announced the first commercial use of its Tack Endovascular System (4F) in multiple sites across the USA. Notably the first FDA-approved...
First patient enrolled in Cook Regentec’s clinical trial of investigational therapy...
Cook Regentec has announced enrolment of the first patient in an international clinical trial evaluating the HemaTrate Blood Filtration System to treat patients with...
The reactive and repetitive multidisciplinary CLI team
It is imperative that every medical institution has an interdisciplinary CLI team, argues Jihad Mustapha. Here, he exhorts the benefits of working in such...
Tack Endovascular System launches in the EU with first commercial use...
The first commercial use of the Tack Endovascular System (Intact Vascular) has taken place in multiple hospitals within Germany. A novel therapy for dissection...
First European patients treated with Peripheral Orbital atherectomy system
The first patients in Germany have been treated with its Stealth 360 Peripheral Orbital Atherectomy System (OAS; Cardiovascular Systems Inc). The German cases represent...
First US implants of MicroStent for peripheral arterial disease take place
MicroStent (Micro Medical Solutions), a vascular stent designed to reduce below-the-knee amputations caused by critical limb ischaemia (CLI) resulting from peripheral arterial disease (PAD)...
Oxygen monitoring predicts wound healing in critical limb ischaemia patients after...
Preliminary findings from an initial study with 25 patients have shown that measuring the changes in oxygen concentration at baseline, during, and after endovascular...
LIMBO-ATX trial studying Bullfrog device in critical limb ischaemia patients completes...
Mercator MedSystems has announced completion of enrolment in the company’s LIMBO-ATX (Lower-limb adventitial infusion of dexamethasone via Bullfrog to reduce occurrence of restenosis after...
Amputation and mortality: It is time to discuss the obvious
An amputation due to critical limb ischaemia is directly associated with loss of function and death, writes J A Mustapha, Wyoming, USA.
Amputation. A common...
Barry Katzen announces new global society for critical limb ischaemia
Barry Katzen, Miami, USA, announced the establishment of a new society, the Critical Limb Ischaemia (CLI) Global Society, whose mission is to improve quality...
