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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Videos | Cath Lab
VIDEO: Example of Coronary Lithotripsy to Break up Calcified Lesion

This is a quick example of clinical use of the Shockwave Medical Intravascular Lithotripsy system that uses sonic wave ...

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Driven by pandemic realities and clinical demand for portable and intelligent point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), GE Healthcare unveiled Venue Fit, a streamlined and compact POCUS system, alongside an industry-first artificial intelligence (AI) offering for cardiac imaging on the Venue and Venue Go. The Venue Fit is the smallest system in GE Healthcare’s Venue Family, featuring an easy-to-clean touchscreen, intuitive scanning tools, and a small footprint designed to fit in tight spaces often found in point-of
News | Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
GE Healthcare Expands Ultrasound Family with New Point of Care System and AI Offering

March 31, 2021 — Driven by pandemic realities and clinical demand for portable and intelligent point-of-care ultrasound ...

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The Medtronic Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve (TPV) System. It is first in the world non-surgical heart valve to treat pediatric and adult patients with a native or surgically-repaired right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) to stop severe pulmonary valve regurgitation caused by congenital heart disease.
Feature | Structural Heart | By Dave Fornell, Editor
FDA Clears First Device to Treat Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Congenital Heart Disease

March 26, 2021 — Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the Medtronic Harmony Transcatheter ...

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Virtual tour views of a University of Colorado cath lab during a CTO procedure (top left), the new robotic EP lab at Banner Health (top right), a bi-plane EP/cath combo lab at Baylor Heart Hospital Dallas (bottom left, and an ECMO procedure at Tufts Medical Center cath lab. Photos by Dave Fornell
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Virtual Tours of Cath and EP Labs

There is a lot of interest in how other hospitals organize and equip their cardiac cath labs and electrophysiology (EP) ...

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PA pressure-guided heart failure management is fast becoming the standard of care in NYHA Class III patients. The Cordella Pulmonary Artery Pressure Sensor enables clinicians to remotely monitor and proactively adjust therapy and medications remotely without the need for office visits.
News | Heart Failure
100th Patient Implanted With Cordella Pulmonary Artery Pressure Sensor For Proactive, Remote Heart Failure Management

March 24, 2021 — Endotronix Inc., a digital health and medical technology company working on advancements in treating of ...

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Videos | Structural Heart
VIDEO: PFO Closure Shows Continued Stroke Prevention Benefit at 5 Years

Interview with Scott E. Kasner, M.D., who served as the principle investigator for the Gore Cardioform REDUCE trial, and ...

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Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) can potentiate all 3 sides of Virchow’s Triad of coagulopathy, including endothelial dysfunction, blood flow stasis, and hypercoagulability. Angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 (ACE-2)–dependent viral entry and the virus-induced inflammatory response can lead to endothelial dysfunction. Clotting Prevention in COVID-19 Patients, Thrombosis Prevention in COVID-19 Patients, Preventing blood clots in COVID-19 patients
Feature | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies | By Dave Fornell, Editor
Overview of Trials for Anticoagulation Therapy for COVID-19 Patients

A comprehensive review or more than 80 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) investigating how to best manage optimal ...

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Boston Scientific's TheraSphere Y-90 Glass Microspheres enable selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT), or radioembolization, for hepatocellular carcinoma. This treats liver cancer with low toxicity using millions of microscopic glass beads containing radioactive yttrium (Y-90), delivered directly to liver tumors via catheter. The result in minimal radiation exposure to surrounding healthy tissue.
News | Interventional Radiology
FDA Clears Boston Scientific TheraSphere Y-90 Transcatheter Liver Embolization Microspheres

March 18, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Boston Scientific's TheraSphere Y-90 Glass ...

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The Shockwave intravascular lithotripsy system produces a flash of light as it releases a sonic shockwave, as seen here as it is about to shatter a gypsum bead during a TCT 2019 demonstration at the vendor's booth. The technology combines a miniaturized lithotripsy system with a low-pressure balloon catheter to expand peripheral or coronary arteries without causing vessel trauma. Photo by Dave Fornell
Blog | Cath Lab
Coronary Lithotripsy May Become a Paradigm Shift in the Cath Lab

After covering cardiovascular technologies for 14 years, it is rare that I find a new technology that might actually be ...

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Example of an angioplasty balloon catheter being expanded inside an artery to push atherosclerotic plaque and thrombus out of the way to reopen the vessel lumen to increase or reopen bloodflow. Balloon catheters are used to revascularize patients with heart attacks and to deploy stents to prop open the expended vessel.
Feature | Balloon Catheter | By Dave Fornell, Editor
Overview of Angioplasty Balloon Technology Advances

The first devices developed for interventional cardiology were percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) ...

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The Philips Stellarex low-dose paclitaxel drug-coated balloon prior to insertion in the cath lab. Five-year ILLUMENATE EU RCT and Pivotal Data Confirm Safety of Philips Stellarex Low-dose Drug-coated Balloon
News | Drug-Eluting Balloons
Five-year ILLUMENATE EU RCT and Pivotal Data Confirm Safety of Philips Stellarex Low-dose Drug-coated Balloon

March 12, 2021 — Philips Healthcare announced the final, five-year results of two major randomized controlled trials ...

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Cardinal Health Sells its Cordis Cardiology Business to Hellman & Friedman. Hopes to build the Cordis Accelerator for innovative cardiovascular device development.
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Cardinal Health Sells its Cordis Cardiology Business to Hellman & Friedman

March 12, 2021 — Cardinal Health today announced that it is selling its Cordis cardiology and endovascular business to ...

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An example of intra-cardiac echo (ICE) imaging from Siemens Healthineers showing color flow Doppler with severe valve regurgitation. ICE has seen wider use in transcatheter structural heart  procedures because, unlike TEE, it can be used without deeper sedation of anesthesia.
Feature | Ultrasound Intra-cardiac Echo (ICE) | By Dave Fornell, Editor
Trends and Advancements in Intra-cardiac Echo Imaging Systems

Intra-cardiac Echocardiography (ICE) uses catheter-based cardiac ultrasound array to image anatomy and devices inside ...

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The Teleflex Manta large-bore vascular closure device can seal holes between 12 and 25 French.
Feature | Hemostasis Management | Dave Fornell, Editor
Large Bore Closure in Structural Heart Interventions

While many cardiac and vascular procedures have largely moved to minimally invasive techniques, the size of these ...

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