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The TIMELY consortium announced today the enrollment of the first patient in the randomized controlled clinical TIMELY trial. The TIMELY study investigates to what extent the AI-supported TIMELY platform improves the health of myocardial infarction (MI) patients and other patients with coronary heart disease after cardiac rehabilitation. Around 1.8 million people in the European Union die each year from coronary heart disease. 1 To prevent reinfarctions, patients receive cardiac rehabilitation to support necessary changes in lifestyle habits, such as diet and increased physical activity

BIOTRONIK announced the two-year-results from the BIOLUX P-III BENELUX all-comers registry, presented by Principal Investigator Prof. Frank Vermassen at CIRSE 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark. 1 The prospective, international, multicenter post-market registry evaluated the safety and efficacy of the Passeo ®-18 Lux ® drug-coated balloon (DCB) catheter in isolated popliteal artery lesions. This indication is considered a difficult vessel bed to treat due to its biomechanical constraints that usually preclude the placement of stents. BIOLUX P-III BENELUX registry enrolled 99 patients in Belgium, the

BIOTRONIK announced the presentation of two-year results from the investigator-initiated BIOPACT RCT by Principal Investigator Dr. Koen Deloose at the Paris Vascular Insights 2023 congress. The randomized controlled non-inferiority trial evaluated the safety and efficacy of the Passeo®-18 Lux® drug-coated balloon (DCB) catheter compared to the In.Pact Admiral DCB (Medtronic), and showed excellent results for both balloons through 24 months. 1 The prospective, multicenter, core-lab adjudicated non-inferiority trial enrolled 302 patients in Austria, Belgium, France and Switzerland with