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).

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May 25, 2010 – The first patient has been implanted with a bare metal coronary stent mounted on a drug-eluting ...

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May 25, 2010 – A self-expanding, drug-eluting stent (DES) that just gained CE mark clearance in Europe is designed ...

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May 24, 2010 – New intravascular imaging innovations, such as registered angiography and intravascular ultrasound ...

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May 24, 2010 – The U.S. Justice Department settled a pay-to-play scheme at The Christ Hospital last week for $108 ...

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May 24, 2010 – New collaborations will enable the use of Boston Scientific’s iLab Ultrasound Imaging System with ...

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May 21, 2010 – A second company is hoping to gain U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for an ...

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May 21, 2010 – Results of an in vivo study of 48 porcine arteries implanted with a biodegradable stent showed ...

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May 21, 2010 – A new stent delivery system is designed to be reliable, easy to use and precise when delivering ...

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May 20, 2010 – A fractional flow reserve (FFR) guide wire gained U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

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May 20, 2010 – An aortic embolic protection device, which acts as a protective shield to reduce the incidence of ...

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May 20, 2010 – St. Jude Medical Inc. announced yesterday it is purchasing LightLab Imaging Inc. for $90 million ...

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May 19, 2010 – Three distinct lumens in a new line of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) increase ...

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May 19, 2010 – A high-performance balloon dilatation catheter designed for use in peripheral angioplasty ...

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May 17, 2010 – The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) recently announced the creation ...

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May 12, 2010 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the way for a clinical trial to evaluate the ...

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