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 Medis QFR technology allows non-invasive functional FFR assessment of coronary flow based on standard X-ray angiographic images in the cath lab without the use of a pressure wire.
Feature | FFR Technologies | Dave Fornell, Editor

Fractional flow reserve (FFR) pressure wires have been used now in interventional cardiology procedures for more than a ...

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News | Cath Lab

July 6, 2020 — Black patients who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are at an increased risk for major ...

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Drug-coated balloons (DCB), also referred to as drug-eluting balloons, are used to treat peripheral and coronary artery ...

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News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

July 1, 2020 — Carag AG announced receiving U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Investigational Device Exemption ...

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News | Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)

June 26, 2020 — Abbott announced new data from the company's LightLab Initiative that showed optical coherence ...

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News | Renal Denervation

June 26, 2020 – New data from the Global SYMPLICITY Registry (GSR) showed that renal denervation (RDN) with the ...

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News | Heart Failure

June 23, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device Program status for the ...

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Blog | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Prior to January 2020 when clinicians read about the history of the 1918 flu, and epidemiologists predicted we were ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

June 19, 2020 — SMT (Sahajanand Medical Technologies Pvt. Ltd) said it acquired of the structural heart medical device ...

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News | Drug-Eluting Balloons

June 19, 2020 — iVascular SLU announced the global launch of Essential Pro, a novel coronary artery drug-coated balloon ...

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News | Drug-Eluting Balloons

June 17, 2020 — MedAlliance announced its second CE mark approval for its Selution SLR 0.014 percutaneous transluminal ...

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News | Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)

June 16, 2020 — The 36-month results from Veryan Medical’s MIMICS-2 study for the BioMimics 3D femoropopliteal stent ...

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 At Mayo, they have a small, tableside-mounted ultrasound console in the cath labs that is used for both radial and femoral vascular access. Table set up with the patient includes a sterile marker, a hemostat for marking the lower edge of the femoral head using fluoroscopy, a micropunture needle, and a still micropunture sheath.
Feature | Vascular Access | Dave Fornell, Editor

Vascular access site bleeding is associated with higher complications and mortality rates. For decades femoral access ...

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SMT (Sahajanand Medical Technology Private Ltd.), a leading medical device company of India focused on cardiology, announced it Hydra transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) device received European CE mark approval. It is indicated for the treatment of patients diagnosed with aortic stenosis. #SMT #HYDRA #TAVR
Feature | Heart Valve Technology

June 9, 2020 — SMT (Sahajanand Medical Technology Private Ltd.), a leading medical device company in India focused on ...

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Two examples of CT myocardial perfusion (CTP) imaging assessment software. Canon is on the left and GE Healthcare is on the right. Both of these technologies have been around for a few years, but there have been an increasing amount of clinical data from studies showing the accuracy of the technology compared to nuclear imaging, the current stand of care for myocardial perfusion imaging, and cardiac MRI.
Feature | CT Angiography (CTA) | Dave Fornell, Editor

Here is an overview of a few of the biggest technology advances in cardiovascular computed tomography (CT). These are ...

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