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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).

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week released its February list of device and technology ...

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April 8, 2011 — A transcatheter ventricular assist device performed better than intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABP), with ...

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April 7, 2011 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2011 in New Orleans this week offered an expo floor ...

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April 6, 2011 – One-year results from the pivotal PLATINUM Workhorse trial were presented at the American College ...

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April 6, 2011 – Development of a novel embolic protection device designed for use during transcatheter aortic ...

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April 6, 2011 – Results from a pooled patient-level analysis favored a next-generation paclitaxel-eluting stent ...

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April 6, 2011 – The second phase of a trial evaluating the world’s first drug-eluting bioresorbable vascular ...

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April 6, 2011 – A pooled analysis of the SPIRIT II, III, IV and COMPARE trials further reinforces the positive ...

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April 5, 2011 – A microcatheter system has received the CE mark. The Plato Microcath system, by Scientia Vascular ...

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April 5, 2011 – Death rates are similar at one year for a catheter-based aortic valve replacement procedure and ...

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April 4, 2011 – Doctors are encouraged to consider therapies in addition to blood thinners to treat certain ...

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April 4, 2011 – A unique formulation of antioxidants taken orally before imaging with ionizing radiation minimizes ...

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April 1, 2011 – A new minimally invasive embolization catheter was unveiled at the Society of Interventional ...

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March 31, 2011 – Deep vein thrombosis, or DVT is more than just a one-time complication from a long plane ride ...

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March 30, 2011 – Interventional radiologists have completed the first human randomized controlled trial of ...

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