CX Interviews
CX 2019: A Latin American perspective in vascular and endovascular surgery
Alberto Muñoz (Bogota, Colombia) talks to BLearning at CX 2019 (Charing Cross Symposium; 15–18 April, London, UK) about how the meeting provides a “great opportunity” to update attendees on the latest in vascular and endovascular surgery. Muñoz goes [...]
CX 2019: VBX set to be a “game-changer” for treating complex aortic aneurysms
Giovanni Torsello (Münster, Germany) and Mauro Gargiulo (Bologna, Italy) discuss the “very high” morbidity and mortality caused by open surgery when treating complex aortic aneurysms. This is why, they say, the use of fenestrated [...]
Highlights from the CX 2019 session, Paclitaxel: The last word
The 2019 Charing Cross Symposium (CX; 15–18 April, London, UK) featured an in-depth highlight session on the paclitaxel controversy. With the US FDA Circulatory System Devices Panel Meeting set to take place [...]
With CoveredSeal, Valiant Navion™ offers physicians the “best of both worlds” for TEVAR procedures
Paul Hayes (Cambridge, UK), Frank Arko (Charlotte, USA) and Fabio Verzini (Turin, Italy) discuss the Valiant Navion™ (Medtronic) live thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) case at Charing Cross 2019, which demonstrated the use of [...]
New APERTO AVF RCT data show DCB reduces restenosis significantly more than high-pressure balloon alone
Matteo Tozzi (Varese, Italy) discusses new data from the APERTO AVF study, the first randomised trial in China to compare the safety and efficacy of the APERTO drug-coated balloon (DCB; Cardionovum) with a high-pressure [...]
TEVAR performed outside the IFU has “dramatically worse outcomes”
Dittmar Boeckler (Heidelberg, Germany) tells CX Live that treating patients with thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) outside the instructions for use (IFU) has a dramatic effect on patient outcomes after the procedure. “We observed [...]