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).

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December 5, 2011 – NASA has signed a patent license agreement that will allow a California company use of NASA-developed ...

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November 28, 2011 — At RSNA 2011, GE Healthcare unveiled the Discovery IGS 730, the first interventional X-ray system ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

Over the last 10 years, hospitals have phased out analog image intensifiers for flat-panel, digital detector angiography ...

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Feature | Carter Newton, M.D., FACC

We are at an inflection point with many aspects of medicine, not the least of which concerns choosing the correct tool ...

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November 23, 2011 – Many specialists question whether a permanent inferior vena cava (IVC) filter can be developed where ...

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November 23, 2011 – Medical technology incubator Therix Medical announced the launch of spin-off Bluegrass Vascular ...

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November 23, 2011  –Varian Medical Systems will exhibit its PaxScan digital image detectors and new PaxPower X-ray tubes ...

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Feature | Julie McLaughlin, Senior Analyst, Millennium Research Group

Transcatheter aortic valve repair (TAVR) — also commonly referred to as transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) — ...

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November 22, 2011 — The thoracic aorta can pose major problems for endovascular repair when there are tortuous segments ...

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In the past, when a patient suffered a prolonged cardiac or circulatory arrest during percutaneous coronary intervention ...

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Feature | Colin Barker, M.D.

At Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute – Texas Medical Center, we have expanded our already robust cardiac ...

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November 22, 2011 — The question remains whether patency rates for heparin-bonded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) grafts ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

Automated contrast media injectors control contrast dosage, record the amount used and speed injections to keep up with ...

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November 22, 2011 — The controversial subject of “indiscriminate” stenting to treat asymptomatic carotid stenosis (ACS) ...

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November 21, 2011 — Boston Scientific has reached an exclusive agreement with Catheter Robotics Inc. (CRI) to market the ...

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