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, hypertensionheart failure and percutenous coronary interventions (PCI).

News | Heart Valve Technology

March 29, 2020 — Worse than expected outcomes were found for survival and quality of life among patients undergoing ...

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Patients with bicuspid, or two-leaflet, aortic valves who undergo transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures had a high rate of success and low risk of death or disabling stroke at 30 days, according to new data presented at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2020 Scientific Session. #ACC20 #ACC2020
Feature | Heart Valve Technology | Dave Fornell, Editor

March 29, 2020 — Patients with bicuspid, or two-leaflet, aortic valves who undergo transcatheter aortic valve ...

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News | Atrial Fibrillation

March 29, 2020 — Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who took oral anticoagulants alone after undergoing ...

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News | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies

March 28, 2020 — The TAILOR-PCI trial that used genetic testing to guide which antiplatelet medication was given to ...

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News | Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)

March 28, 2020 — People with symptomatic peripheral artery disease (PAD) who took the blood thinner rivaroxaban with ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

 


March 25, 2020 — CroiValve announced the successful first human use of its Duo Tricuspid Coaptation Valve ...

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Videos | Structural Heart Occluders

Interview with Carey Kimmelstiel, M.D., FACP, FACC, director, cardiac catheterization laboratory, director ...

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Medicare, CMS, calls for cancelling or postponing all elective or non-essential medical procedures, test and surgeries due to COVID-19. #COVID19 #SARcov2 #coronavirus #cardiology
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | Dave Fornell, Editor

March 20, 2020 — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced March 18, 2020, that all elective ...

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Videos | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

An interview with Ehtisham Mahmud, M.D., FSCAI, chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, executive director of ...

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Philips Healthcare's new Fiber Optic RealShape (FORS) technology creates real-time 3-D imaging of anatomy and devices inside the body using light, rather than X-rays. FORS uses light traveling through hair-thin fiber optics inside special FORS enabled catheter and guidewires.
Feature | Angiography | Dave Fornell, Editor

Philips is working on a prototype cath lab angiographic imaging system that might be able to replace the current X-ray ...

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ACC issues document outlining COVID-19 Implications For Patients With Underlying Cardiovascular Conditions. The COVID-19 mortality rate for patients cardiovascular disease is 10.5 percent based of data from Chinese hospitals since the outbreak. COVID-19 fatality rates for patients with comorbidities are higher than the average population, but cardiac patients had the highest death rate. #COVID19 #coronavirus #2019nCoV #SARS‐CoV‐2
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

March 9, 2020 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) is offering updates on the clinical impact of novel coronavirus ...

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