Tag: ACC 2026

SirPAD: Primary results confirm safety and efficacy of sirolimus-coated balloon in PAD

In the SirPAD trial, angioplasty with sirolimus-coated balloons led to a lower incidence of majo...

Clinical trial finds comparable performance between TAVI embolic protection devices

Results from the PROTECT H2H trial, a global clinical study comparing two embolic protection dev...

Roxana Mehran named ACC president

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has named the influential interventional cardiologist a...

LAA closure device non-inferior to blood thinners in lowering stroke risk and death for some AF patients

For patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) who had no contraindications to taking o...

Performance of AI-powered physiologic assessment tool shows promise in ALL-RISE trial

An artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tool for physiologic assessment during percutaneous coro...

FAST III confirms non-inferiority of vFFR to wire-based lesion assessment

Results of the FAST III trial have demonstrated the non-inferiority of coronary revascularisatio...

Evolocumab reduces risk of cardiac events in patients with no known atherosclerosis and diabetes

The cholesterol-lowering therapy evolocumab reduced the risk of major adverse cardiac events by ...

HI-PEITHO finds catheter-based procedure improves pulmonary embolism outcomes

Patients who underwent ultrasound-facilitated, catheter-directed fibrinolysis for acute pulmonar...