Shockwave Medical, now a part of Johnson & Johnson MedTech, has consistently been found safe for patients. However, many previous clinical trials excluded high-risk patients, making it important to track real-world outcomes as time goes on.
Toby Rogers, MD, PhD, noted that BASILICA is a fairly complex procedure. Using this advanced technology, however, could make it easier to perform and improve patient access.
New findings have the potential to significantly benefit the field of neuroscience and could help guide researchers in designing more cost-effective, fruitful studies of the brain.
Are care teams doing enough to take on inflammation? The American Heart Association hopes this new research initiative can help answer that question, and many others.
Former ACC president Kim Allan Williams Sr., MD, thinks cardiologists should be much more proactive. Encouraging healthy eating habits now, for example, can keep patients out of the hospital later in life and reduce healthcare spending.