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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November 18, 2009 – As part of a new partnership deal with QXMédical LLC, W. L. Gore & Associates will distribute ...

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November 18, 2009 – New, joint guidelines from the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

With new CPT reimbursement codes for cardiac computed tomography (CT) starting in January 2010, there will likely ...

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November 17, 2009 – Following three reports of stretching and fractures during procedures, the ViperSheath Sheath ...

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Feature | Stephanie LaBelle, senior analyst, Millennium Research Group

In recent years, the U.S. cardiac device market has focused on dynamics in the drug-eluting stent (DES) segment – ...

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The use of advanced visualization software has become a necessity due to the vast image data sets produced by ...

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Standard drug-eluting stent technology seemed to have taken a backseat at this year’s TCT as cardiologists look ...

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November 17, 2009 – Following positive three-year data from the first 30 patients treated with a fully ...

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November 12, 2009 – Catheter-directed therapy or catheter-directed thrombolysis to dissolve dangerous blood clots ...

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Feature | By Alfred Pechisker, M.Sc, and Kamran Zamanian Ph.D., iData Research Inc.

The incidence of cardiac arrhythmia is expected to increase significantly with an aging U.S. population and rising ...

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November 10, 2009 – The latest data from seven studies focused on the treatment of peripheral arterial disease ...

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November 10, 2009 – Onset Medical Corp. today said it received U.S. FDA 510(k) marketing clearance for its ...

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November 10, 2009 – Clinically, stent fracture has been reported in 1-2 percent of patients after drug-eluting ...

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November 9, 2009 — Two products from Prescient Medical, the vProtect Luminal Shield and the vPredict Optical ...

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November 6, 2009 — Stereotaxis received notice this week that its Celsius RMT ThermoCool catheter received CE mark ...

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