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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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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September 16, 2009 – Hansen Medical Inc. today said it received FDA clearance for its next generation Sensei X ...

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September 15, 2009 – Tryton Medical Inc. said today its Tryton Side Branch Stent has been used in 250 procedures ...

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September 14, 2009 – OrbusNeich's Genous Bio-engineered R stent is feasible and safe in patients who need ...

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Sept. 14, 2009 – Abbott said today the Chinese State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) has approved the XIENCE ...

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September 14, 2009 – InfraReDx said it will highlight its LipiScan Coronary Imaging System at the Cardiovascular ...

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September 11, 2009 – Terumo Interventional Systems yesterday launched its Glidewire Advantage Peripheral Guidewire ...

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September 11, 2009 – Terumo Interventional Systems yesterday announced the expansion of its Pinnacle Destination ...

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Gregg W. Stone, M.D., offered a preview Sept. 10 of some of the key, late-breaking clinical trials and trends in ...

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The HI-TORQUE Balance Middle Weight (BMW) Universal II Guide Wire offers the same performance of Abbott’s HT BMW ...

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