34th Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Annual Scientific Symposium (TCT 2022)

The use of a cerebral embolic protection (CEP) device did not reduce the risk of periprocedural stroke in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), according to results of the PROTECTED TAVR study presented at TCT 2022.

Updated results of the SUGAR* trial showed that using polymer-free amphilimus-eluting stents (AES) was not a superior option to durable-polymer zotarolimus-eluting stents (ZES) in patients with diabetes mellitus who required percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Pharmacomechanical catheter-directed thrombolysis (PM-CDT) using the Bashir endovascular catheter demonstrated potential for the treatment of intermediate-risk acute pulmonary embolism (PE), findings from the RESCUE* trial have shown.

Following negative primary results, the final follow-up of the SYMPLICITY HTN-3 trial takes a turn for the better, demonstrating significant blood pressure (BP) reductions with renal denervation (RDN) in patients with uncontrolled hypertension (HTN).