Cath Lab

The catheterization lab channel includes content related to interventional technologies for coronary and peripheral artery disease (PAD). Other cath lab transcatheter device technologies covered on this page included percutaneous treatment for stroke, venous interventions, heart valves, hypertension, heart failure and percutenous coronary interventions (PCI).

TAVR, EVAR Vascular Closure Device May Eliminate Need for Surgical Cut-Down
Feature | Dave Fornell

Due to the increasing number of transcatheter aortic valve replacements (TAVR) and endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) ...

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August 14, 2012 — The next five years will see many hospitals in Europe overcoming the high cost and complexity of ...

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August 14, 2012 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) market clearance to Stryker ...

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August 14, 2012 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is hosting a public workshop that examines use of ...

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August 13, 2012 — Providers are increasingly focused on using interventional labs in a hybrid operating room (OR) enviro ...

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August 9, 2012 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is informing healthcare providers and patients that the ...

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Aug. 8, 2012 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Abbott’s Omnilink Elite Vascular Balloon ...

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Aug. 8, 2012 — Vascular Solutions Inc. launched the SuperCross FT, a new flexible-tip version of its line of SuperCross ...

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August 3, 2012 — GE Healthcare announced it has already received six orders for its Discovery IGS 730 system since ...

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Feature | Suzanne Winter, general manager, GE Healthcare interventional systems, Americas

Interventional procedures are growing rapidly and becoming more specialized in diverse areas of care.  In the next ...

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FFR-CT imaging developed by HeartFlow offers coronary flow data noninvasively. Clinical data so far shows close correlation with invasive catheter-based FFR measurements. The technology helps pinpoint ischemic culprit lesions and determine the severity of coronary stenosis.
Feature | CT Angiography (CTA) | Dave Fornell

Trends and new technology for cardiac computed tomography angiography (CCTA) were highlighted during the 2012 Society of ...

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Access site complications, hemostasis management, vascular closure
Feature | Christopher Wilson, D.O., Kerri Wing, R.N., BSN, Peter Wassmer, M.D. FACC, Robert Sanchez M.D. FACC

Percutaneous coronary interventional (PCI) procedures are performed throughout hundreds of US institutions every day ...

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July 27, 2012 — Cook Medical announced general availability of the Aprima Access nonvascular introducer set, the first ...

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July 27, 2012 — C. R. Bard Inc. announced that its Lutonix technology center has completed patient enrollment into its ...

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July 27, 2012 – The current Medicare payment system is irreparably flawed and a new, more permanent solution must be ...

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