Meetings

Press registration is open for the Ecological Society of America’s Annual Meeting, August 14-19, at the Montréal Convention Centre. Program highlights include sessions on zoonoses and the agricultural matrix, nature-based design in urban landscapes, cross-boundary fire ecology, tree species migration and more.

New long-term data from the Safety Assessment of Femoropopliteal Endovascular Treatment With PAclitaxel-coated Devices (SAFE-PAD) study were presented today as late-breaking clinical research at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) 2022 Scientific Sessions. The analysis found no meaningful difference in survival between patients treated with a paclitaxel drug-coated device (DCD) and those treated with a non-drug coated device (NDCD) for up to six years after the index procedure, regardless of the patient’s mortality risk and device type.

Results from early clinical evaluation of the Alleviant System to treat heart failure patients with preserved and reduced ejection fraction (HFpEF and HFrEF) was presented today as late-breaking clinical research at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) 2022 Scientific Sessions. This multi-center evaluation across three trial programs (ALLEVIATE-HF-1, HF-2 and HFrEF) demonstrated procedural safety and feasibility with a promising efficacy signal through six months.

A new analysis of PROGRESS-CTO (PROspective Global REgiStry for the Study of Chronic Total Occlusion Intervention; www.progresscto.org), an international multi-center registry of chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), was presented today as late-breaking clinical research at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) 2022 Scientific Sessions. The findings show an increase in the success and efficiency of CTO PCI without an increase in major adverse cardiac events (MACE).

Results from a real-world study investigating safety and effectiveness of clopidogrel versus aspirin monotherapy beyond 12 months after PCI in high-risk patients during the chronic maintenance period. This study found that clopidogrel monotherapy was associated with reduced risk of net adverse clinical events (NACE; all-cause death, MI, stent thrombosis, stroke, or BARC type 2, 3, or 5 bleeding) and MACCE (death, MI, stent thrombosis, stroke), and a numerical decrease in major or clinically relevant nonmajor bleeding (BARC type 2, 3, or 5 bleeding), compared with aspirin monotherapy. The findings were presented today as late-breaking clinical research at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) 2022 Scientific Sessions.

A study of one year outcomes in the largest cohort to date of Harmony transcatheter pulmonary valve (TPV) patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) and severe pulmonary regurgitation (PR) was presented today as late-breaking clinical research at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) 2022 Scientific Sessions. The findings show Harmony TPV patients had favorable clinical and hemodynamic outcomes, confirming earlier results and demonstrating continued device safety and effectiveness across studies and valve types at one year.

Renowned scientists will address the latest scientific contributions in epigenetics and drug discovery for the fight against leishmaniasis and Chagas disease, two important Neglected Tropical Diseases.

Initial findings from the Distal versus Proximal Radial Artery Access for Cardiac Catheterization and Intervention (DIPRA) study were presented today as late-breaking clinical research at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) 2022 Scientific Sessions. The single center, randomized-controlled trial evaluated outcomes of hand function and effectiveness of conventional proximal radial artery (PRA) access compared to distal radial artery (DRA) access for cardiac catheterization.

The latest analysis from The North American COVID-19 STEMI (NACMI) was presented today as late-breaking clinical research at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) 2022 Scientific Sessions. The findings show clinical characteristics and management strategies differ by gender, but in-hospital mortality rates remained high among both groups. The findings were simultaneously published in JSCAI.

One year outcomes from the Disrupt PAD III Trial comparing intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) with a drug-coated balloon (DCB) to percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) with a DCB was presented today as late-breaking clinical research at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) 2022 Scientific Sessions. The results revealed consistent safety and effectiveness of IVL with durable patency.

Paris, France. 19 May 2022. We CARE, a joint initiative of PCR and Stent – Save a Life!, dedicated to restoring faith in cardiovascular healthcare and increasing awareness of the importance of timely and accessible treatment, is presenting a first study at EuroPCR 2022: a UK health economic analysis of the long-term health outcomes and cost for STEMIs during the COVID-19 UK lockdown.

The SNMMI Annual Meeting will convene more than 6,000 attendees from around the globe to share breaking news and research in the field of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging. The focus is on precision medicine—improving patients’ lives by developing new ways to diagnose earlier and more accurately, delivering the most effective therapy for a specific patient’s disease, and monitoring and adjusting treatment to ensure optimum results.