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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September 18, 2009 – Following the recent CE mark certification of the vProtect Luminal Shield, the novel self ...

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When vessels are stretched and ripped via angioplasty balloon expansion, the exposed soft muscle tissue can lead ...

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Feature | Richard R. Rogoski

A trend that was fueled by cardiologists wanting to gain a larger share of reimbursement fees, while at the same ...

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Bare metal stents (BMS) were introduced in 1994 as an improvement over balloon angioplasty alone, which had a high ...

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September 18, 2009 ¬– Abbott has announced the company's schedule of key news announcements and events during the ...

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September 17, 2009 – NMT Medical Inc. said yesterday it will commence data analysis for its landmark STARFlex ...

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September 17, 2009 – Boston Scientific Corp. announced its schedule of the company's major events and press ...

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September 17, 2009 – Elixir Medical Corp. said today its stent systems using bioabsorbable polymers will be ...

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In August Daiichi Sankyo and Eli Lilly and Company launched U.S. sales of Effient (prasugrel), a new antiplatelet ...

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Ruptured vulnerable plaque (VP) is blamed for the majority of acute myocardial infarctions and many strokes, but ...

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Stenting of lesions at coronary vessel bifurcations is one of the most challenging percutaneous interventions ...

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Over the past year several new drug-eluting stents (DES) stents have been released and SYNTAX trial data proved ...

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Metal stents are foreign objects that can irritate vessels and cause stent thrombosis, prevent vessel ...

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The polymer coating on drug-eluting stents (DES) used to carry the antiproliferative drugs cause an increased risk ...

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September 16, 2009 – Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David’s Medical Center in Austin, Texas plans to ...

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