Tag: ultrasound
“Sonolysis is back” after safely reducing endarterectomy stroke risk in randomised...
Positive results from a clinical trial involving a novel therapeutic procedure known as sonolysis—deployed during a carotid endarterectomy (CEA)—were presented at the recent European...
Results on ReCor Medical’s Paradise ultrasound renal denervation system published in...
ReCor Medical and its parent company, Otsuka Medical Devices, recently announced that primary endpoint results from the RADIANCE II pivotal trial were published in...
ReCor Medical announces consistent reduction of blood pressure in pooled analysis...
ReCor Medical and its parent company, Otsuka Medical Devices, announced consistent and significant blood pressure-lowering results across a range of patients with uncontrolled hypertension,...
SoniVie receives FDA IDE approval for pilot study to treat hypertension...
SoniVie recently announced that on 5 May 2022 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted investigational device exemption (IDE) approval for its REDUCED1...
New intersocietal position statement seeks to clear up confusion over ultrasound...
Cleaning and low-level disinfection (LLD) effective against bloodborne pathogens are safe and sufficient procedures for disinfecting ultrasound transducers used in percutaneous procedures—this is according...
Researchers propose optimisation of duplex velocity criteria for diagnosing ICA stenosis
Writing in an online Vascular Medicine article, researchers from the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) Vascular Testing division report findings from a multicentre study of duplex...
New protocol helps identify best venipuncture site for femoral access
RaFeVA (Rapid Femoral Vein Assessment), a new protocol, is a rapid and effective tool for the systematic ultrasound evaluation of the veins in the...
Clinician survey reveals significant variation in ultrasound-guided PIV insertion
A new survey among vascular access (VA) and emergency department (ED) clinicians has revealed significant levels of variation in ultrasound-guided peripheral IV (UGPIV) practices...
Ultrasound-guided PTA is a “valuable tool” to treat vascular access stenosis
Routine ultrasound-guided percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) is a feasible treatment for native arteriovenous fistula (AVF) dysfunction, according to a recent study by Antonio Granata...
Nearly 70% of CX 2020 LIVE global aortic audience finds type...
A global audience tuned into the second session and inaugural aortic offering of CX 2020 LIVE. With registrations now well over 4,000, the pioneering...
VSASM 2019: SVT president emphasises importance of collaboration with vascular surgeons
Dominic Foy (Bournemouth, UK), President of the SVT (Society for Vascular Technology of Great Britain & Ireland), talks to BLearning at VSASM 2019 (Vascular Societies’ Annual Scientific Meeting;...
IVUS during haemodialysis access “aids device selection and adequacy of treatment”
Narayan Karunanithy outlines the benefits of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) during haemodialysis access intervention.
Thoracic central veins include intra-thoracic segments of the internal jugular, subclavian, brachiocephalic...
PIUR Imaging launches wireless tomographic ultrasound system
PIUR Imaging has launched a portable version of its tomographic ultrasound system to the European market. The new CE-marked PIUR tUS Infinity is a...
Ultrasound surveillance following carotid endarterectomy “costly and unlikely to improve outcomes”
According to a recent study, ultrasound surveillance following carotid endarterectomy is “costly and unlikely to improve outcomes or affect management,” even if over 80%...
Tomographic 3D ultrasound imaging “the way forward” for vascular surgeons
Steven Rogers (Manchester, UK) presented the case for using contrast-enhanced tomographic 3D ultrasound imaging for peripheral arterial disease, telling the audience at Charing Cross...
Consider intravascular lithotripsy when treating calcified femoropopliteal arteries
Treating severely calcified arteries by endovascular means is still a challenge, although atherectomy, stents and lithotripsy are all techniques that are employed. Lithotripsy (also...
Siemens Healthineers announces combined Artis Freestyle Access system
The new Acuson Freestyle Elite ultrasound system can now be combined with the Artis angiography systems to enable fast and easy-to-use ultrasound guidance during...
Ultrasound-enhanced catheter-directed thrombolysis as the standard of care for acute DVT
Ash Verma, Clearwater, USA, writes how last year, he happened upon a routine case that struck him as both totally unremarkable and absolutely extraordinary....
