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).

Explanation of optical coherence imaging (OCT) coronary imaging.
Feature | Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) | Aziz Maksoud M.D., FACC, FSCAI, and Bassem Chehab, M.D., FACC, FSCAI

Although not a new technology, optical coherence tomography (OCT) is the dark horse of imaging that could give ...

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News | Cardiovascular Business

September 14, 2020 — New global research released by Abbott takes a deep dive into the barriers of cardiovascular ...

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News | Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO)

September 14, 2020 — Avinger received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its ...

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Videos | Cardiovascular Business

Nick West, M.D., chief medical officer for Abbott, explains the details from a survey of 1,400 patients, physicians and ...

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News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

September 11, 2020 — The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched two of three adaptive clinical trials ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

September 11, 2020 – Medtronic announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of an early feasibility study ...

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Videos | Radial Access

Atlantic Health System’s Morristown Medical Center has opened one of the region’s first radial lounges in its Gagnon ...

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September 5, 2020 – The TIDES-ACS Randomized Controlled Trial results were published end of July 2020 confirming the ...

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Videos | Drug-Eluting Balloons

Juan F. Granada, M.D., CEO of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) worked on preclinical development work for a ...

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News | Vena Cava Filters

September 9, 2020 — The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) published new clinical practice guidelines that ...

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News | EP Lab

September 8, 2020 — Researchers developed a new class of medical instruments equipped with an advanced soft electronics ...

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News | Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)

September 4, 2020 — The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) granted a New Technology Add-on Payment ...

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Abbott Espirit BTK Bioresorbable stent, or bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) measures 99 microns and is made from poly-L-lactide (PLLA), a semi-crystalline bioresorbable polymer engineered to resist vessel recoil and provide a platform for drug delivery. Abbott Absorb
Feature | Stents Bioresorbable

September 3, 2020 — Abbott today announced the start of the LIFE-BTK clinical trial to evaluate the safety and ...

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News | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies

September 2, 2020 — An international, first-of-its-kind cardiology trial used personalized genetic testing to reduce by ...

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