March 18, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Boston Scientific's TheraSphere Y-90 Glass ...
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).
After covering cardiovascular technologies for 14 years, it is rare that I find a new technology that might actually be ...
![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.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/GettyImages-992753850.jpg?itok=_luOr_sn)
The first devices developed for interventional cardiology were percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) ...
Adjustable parameters on the ACIST® CVI® Contrast Delivery System include, flow rate, volume, pressure limit, rise time ...
March 12, 2021 — Philips Healthcare announced the final, five-year results of two major randomized controlled trials ...
March 12, 2021 — Cardinal Health today announced that it is selling its Cordis cardiology and endovascular business to ...
![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.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/Siemens_ICE_Color_flow_Doppler_heart_valve.jpg?itok=-UoHzMgP)
Intra-cardiac Echocardiography (ICE) uses catheter-based cardiac ultrasound array to image anatomy and devices inside ...
As medical advancements continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in the field of structural heart ...
![The Teleflex Manta large-bore vascular closure device can seal holes between 12 and 25 French.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/Teleflex_Manta_large_bore_vascular_closure_device_1.jpg?itok=hn25fw6-)
While many cardiac and vascular procedures have largely moved to minimally invasive techniques, the size of these ...
![AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (ACC) Late-breaking clinical trial study presentations at ACC.21. @ACC21 @ACC2021](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/ACC_Late_Breaking_sessions_With_speaker_photo_by_DF%20copy.jpg?itok=yhT5MGGv)
The latest cardiology practice-changing scientific breakthrough, late-breaking study presentations have been announced ...
![The two biggest cardiac device technology stories in February included the Boston Scientific recall of its S-ICD system, and the FDA clearance of the Shockwave intravascular lithotripsy system to break up calcified lesions in the coronary arteries.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/Most%20popular%20S-ICD%20and%20lithoplasty.jpg?itok=qASvKItl)
March 1, 2021 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) ...
While the current positive revolution in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) practice has been made possible by the ...
February 24, 2021 — A study of admissions for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and heart failure (HF) in the U.K ...
February 24, 2021 — Occlutech announced the completion of patient enrollment in the PRELIEVE trial, pilot study to ...
February 24, 2021 – German-based endovascular simulator specialist Cathi has launched a highly portable System in a ...
During cardiology fellowship, my institution had a hand manifold system. I found it difficult to use at times, and it ...
February 23, 2021 — Medtronic has voluntarily issued a global recall of unused Medtronic Valiant Navion thoracic stent ...
![Two types of cardiac output monitoring. Left, is the lithium dilution technology is used to monitor and optimize hemodynamics. Show here is the LiDCOplus technology. Right, an example of an invasive pulmonary artery (PA) catheter used for invasive right heart hemodynamic monitoring.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/Cardiac_output_monitoring_2_types.jpg?itok=fBPxmPYE)
The overall trend in the cardiac output monitoring market is a movement toward noninvasive or minimally monitoring ...
February 22, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently cleared the Cook Medical Zilver Vena Venous ...