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).

The Philips Healthcare Stellarex drug-coated balloon (DCB). It is cleared for use in peripheral vessels and treatment of failing AV access.
Feature | Drug-Eluting Balloons | Dave Fornell, Editor

Drug-coated balloons (DCB), also referred to as drug-eluting balloons (DEB), were created as a way to reduce very high ...

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News | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders

August 6, 2020 – Conformal Medical Inc. announced it secured $85 million in Series C financing to support the company’s ...

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Abiomed Impella is now authorized to treat critical ICU COVID-19 patients on ECMO who develop pulmonary edema or need cardiac decompensation from myocarditis. #COVID19 #SARScov2 #Impella
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | Dave Fornell, Editor

August 5, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) this week for ...

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News | Cardiogenic Shock

August 3, 2020 — A three-year, investigator-led, prospective study of Japanese patients who received an Impella heart ...

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Two of the top pieces of content in July included the FDA clearance for the new Watchman FLX left atrial appendage occluder (left), which includes a video interview with one of the trial investigators. COVID-19 content remained among the top content in July, and one story explained the odd pattern of cardiac cell death in COVID-19 patient autopsies. 
Feature | Dave Fornell, Editor

August 3, 2020 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) mag ...

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News | Stents

July 24, 2020 — CeloNova BioSciences Inc. announced it successfully completed enrollment of the COBRA REDUCE randomized ...

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News | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders

July 22, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Boston Scientific's next generation Watchman ...

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News | Radiation Dose Management

July 21, 2020 — Interventional cardiology is ranked as the occupation with the highest level of radiation exposure in ...

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News | Atherectomy Devices

July 20, 2020 – BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) recently completed the acquisition of Straub Medical AG, a privately ...

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News | Hemodynamic Support Devices

July 16, 2020 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved one-way digital data streaming during patient ...

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Videos | Cardiogenic Shock

Navin Kapur, M.D., FAHA, FACC, FSCAI, director, Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support Program and executive director of ...

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Videos | Cath Lab

Richard Botto, CVT, RCSA, chief cardiovascular technologist, division of cardiology, cardiac cath lab, offers an ...

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News | Structural Heart

July 13, 2020 — Edwards Lifesciences Corp. and Abbott Vascular announced the two companies have reached an agreement to ...

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Videos | Cath Lab

The Vieussens’ arterial ring (VAR) is a connection between the conus artery and the left anterior descending (LAD) ...

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