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Coverage from the

Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2018

September 21 - 25, 2018; San Diego, California

September 21 - 25, 2018 San Diego, California

Meeting Highlights At A Glance

Top News From TCT 2018: Slideshow TCT 2018 provided "very impactful" results on MitraClip, promising data on new and novel stents, and data on the newly-identified problem of patient-prosthesis mismatch in TAVR.

Conference News

TCT 2018 SORT OUT IX Investigators Reverse Conclusion on Primary End Point
Medscape Medical News, December 3, 2018
TCT 2018 CorMicA: Flow, Stress Tests Can Guide Therapy in Severe Angina
Medscape Medical News, October 9, 2018
TCT 2018 NIRS-IVUS Imaging Spots Vulnerable Plaques, At-Risk Patients
Medscape Medical News, October 5, 2018
TCT 2018 PREPARE-CALC Favors Atherectomy for Heavily Calcified Lesions
Medscape Medical News, October 4, 2018
TCT 2018 OAC-ALONE: Don't Drop Antiplatelets in AF Post-Stenting Just Yet
Medscape Medical News, October 4, 2018
TCT 2018 PORTICO 1: Low Mortality, Stroke With Repositionable Valve
Medscape Medical News, October 3, 2018
TCT 2018 ABSORB Trials: Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold Still Not Up to Snuff
Medscape Medical News, October 2, 2018
TCT 2018 ReCre8: Polymer-Free Drug-Eluting Stent Passes 1-Year Test
Medscape Medical News, September 28, 2018
TCT 2018 Split Decision on Renal Denervation for Resistant Hypertension
Medscape Medical News, September 27, 2018
TCT 2018 FAST-FFR: FFR From Angiography Accuracy Similar to Pressure Wire
Medscape Medical News, September 27, 2018

TCT 2018 Patient-Prosthesis Mismatch Common in TAVR, Survival Suffers
Medscape Medical News, September 25, 2018
TCT 2018 TAVR Safe With Either of Two Valves, Two Types of Anesthesia
Medscape Medical News, September 25, 2018
TCT 2018 PADN-5: Ablation Reduces Pulmonary Hypertension in HF
Medscape Medical News, September 24, 2018
TCT 2018 Indirect Annuloplasty Device Reduces Mitral Regurgitation
Medscape Medical News, September 24, 2018
TCT 2018 COAPT Stuns, Resurrects MitraClip in HF With Mitral Regurgitation
Medscape Medical News, September 23, 2018
TCT 2018 LEADERS FREE II Supports Biolimus Stent for High-Risk Patients
Medscape Medical News, September 23, 2018
TCT 2018 TALENT: Indian-Made Supraflex DES Flexes Muscle Against Xience
Medscape Medical News, September 23, 2018
TCT 2018 'Ridiculous' (in a Good Way) Results With Novel Stent
Medscape Medical News, September 23, 2018
TCT 2018 IMPERIAL: Slow-Eluting Stent Outpaces Standard for Fem-Pop Lesions
Medscape Medical News, September 22, 2018

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Perspectives

Clinician-Scientists: Impartiality Co-opted?
John M. Mandrola, MD
COAPT Hits Sweet Spot of MitraClip Efficacy for Secondary MR
Interviewer: John M. Mandrola, MD;
Interviewee: Robert W. Yeh, MD, MBA
MitraClip for Secondary MR -- The Redux
John M. Mandrola, MD

Popular News from TCT 2017

ORBITA: Sham Comparison Casts Doubt on PCI for Stable Angina The provocative findings, sure to be debated for years, show no difference in the exercise benefit vs a sham procedure in medically optimized, low-risk angina patients.
Medscape Medical News, Nov 03, 2017
EXCEL: PCI, CABG Offer Similar Quality of Life at 3 Years Less invasive PCI offered early benefits, as expected, and bypass surgery was unable to surpass PCI in patient-reported left main coronary artery outcomes over 3 years.
Medscape Medical News, Oct 31, 2017
CULPRIT-SHOCK Challenges Routine Multivessel PCI in MI, Shock But questions about the randomized trial's entry criteria and mandated PCI strategies may keep it from truly redefining the roles of multivessel vs culprit-lesion-only PCI in this high-risk population.
Medscape Medical News, Oct 30, 2017

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