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Study connects aspirin 'resistance' to enteric coating
In a study of 400 healthy adults, measurements indicating the presence of what has been thought to be aspirin resistance were evident only with enteric-coated aspirin, not immediate- release aspirin, which the authors have described as aspirin "pseudoresistance." The researchers used... »
New Stent Approved by FDA for Iliac Artery Disease
Abbott announced on August 7 that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Omnilink Elite® Vascular Balloon-Expandable Stent System for the treatment of iliac artery disease, The FDA approval was based on positive clinical data from the MOBILITY (Omnilink Elite or Absolute Pro®... » DANA POINT, CALIF. – Scar formation and fibrosis can be reduced by altering the mechanical environment of wounds, results from a phase I study found. At the Summit in Aesthetic Medicine, sponsored by Skin Disease Education Foundation (SDEF), Dr. Geoffrey C. Gurtner presented findings from a study... » GAITHERSBURG, MD. (EGMN) – The first transcatheter aortic valve replacement system being considered for use in the United States was voted for approval by an FDA advisory committee.
The FDA Circulatory System Devices Panel supported the use of the Edwards Sapien Transcatheter Heart Valve, model... » Most meta-analyses of pharmaceutical treatments published in major medical journals fail to include information on financial conflicts of interest in the original trials, even when the trials were funded by the pharmaceutical industry or include authors employed by drug manufacturers, a study... »
Scar Prevention 'Band-Aid' Shows Early Promise
First U.S. TAVR Gets FDA Panel Nod
Conflicts Often Unreported in Trial Meta-Analyses
Most meta-analyses of pharmaceutical treatments published in major medical journals fail to include information on financial conflicts of interest in the original trials, even when the trials were funded by the... »
Balloon Occlusion Seen to Aid Percutaneous Closure of TAVI Entry Site
MIAMI BEACH - Using a novel balloon occlusion technique, interventional cardiologists at Columbia University have safely performed percutaneous artery closures on 95% of their patients undergoing transfemoral aortic valve... »
| May 29 - Jun 1 Istanbul, | European Society for Surgical Research (ESSR): 48th Annual Congress |
| May 30 - Jun 2 San Francisco, CA | Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS): Vascular Annual Meeting 2013 |
| Jun 11 - 14 New York, NY | Mt. Sinai Hospital: Complex Coronary and Vascular Cases |
| Jun 19 - 22 Vienna, | European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES): International Congress |
| Jun 26 - 29 Heidelberg, | Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS): International Congress and Exhibition |