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, hypertensionheart failure and percutenous coronary interventions (PCI).

The use of the Barbeau test in radial access procedures.
Feature | Radial Access | Stephanie Murray RN, BSN, CCRN-CMC

Staff education is a vital component for the successful transition to a predominantly transradial cardiac ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

There have been several key news items from the U.S. stent market over the past year. These include the introduction of ...

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Case Study | Sonja Holt, RN, BSN

After years as a bedside nurse in the intensive care unit (ICU) and later in the cardiac catheterization laboratory,   I ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

Today’s generation of cath lab hemodynamic recording systems do much more than simply measure and monitor a patient’s ...

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News

September 22, 2011 — Stentys S.A., a medical technology company commercializing a self-apposing stent to treat acute ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

I repeatedly hear two competing, contradictory themes discussed at every symposia – the need to lower healthcare costs ...

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Feature | Kamran Zamanian, Ph.D., and Jamie Stillborn, iData Research Inc.

For decades, stents have been used in coronary and peripheral procedures in Europe and the United States to prevent or ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

The space needed and costs involved to create a hybrid operating room (OR) for a specific speciality may not be feasible ...

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hybrid OR, hybrid cath lab
Feature | Hybrid OR | Dave Fornell

One of the biggest trends is the creation of hybrid operating rooms (ORs) that bring together the best of both surgical ...

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Technology

September 20, 2011 — Boston Scientific Corp. has launched its Coyote Balloon Catheter, a highly deliverable and ultra ...

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September 20, 2011 — The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), with several key initial partners, launched ...

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September 19, 2011 — The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), with several key initial partners, launched ...

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September 15, 2011 – The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) has announced the late breaking trials and first ...

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September 16, 2011 — GE Healthcare and Veran Medical Technologies Inc. announced they have formed a strategic alliance ...

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September 15, 2011 — Very positive results were reported in the first account of a clinical study evaluating the ...

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