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).

Former National Football League (NFL) player Ed White (left) needed a new aortic heart valve but decided to wait several months for the FDA to approve TACR for low-risk patients so he would not have to undergo open heart surgery. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders received two stents after he was hospitalized with chest pain was hospitalized with chest pain on Oct. 1 in Las Vegas. The event brought PCI to the forefront of national news in October.
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November 1, 2019 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) m ...

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News | Venous Therapies

October 31, 2019 – In a large series of iliac vein stent cases, a blinded comparison found intravascular ultrasound ...

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News | EP Lab

October 31, 2019 — Baylis Medical announced the first North American use of its EPstar Fixed Electrophysiology Catheters ...

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 Retired National Football League (NFL) star Ed White, the former Chargers guard and four-time Pro Bowler, waited until the FDA approved TAVR for low-risk patients like himself to avoid open-heart surgery.
Feature | Heart Valve Technology

October 29, 2019 — When Scripps cardiologists discovered early in 2019 that retired National Football League (NFL) great ...

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News | Robotic Systems

October 29, 2019 — Siemens Healthineers completed the acquisition of 100 percent of Corindus Vascular Robotics Inc ...

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Technology | Cath Lab

Office based labs (OBLs) and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) require a fresh perspective from imaging vendors. The Alp ...

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October 28, 2019 — The Gore Cardioform ASD Occluder received European CE mark clearance in early October. The device ...

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News | Cath Lab

October 28, 2019 — Leaders within University Hospitals and the Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute had a vision to ...

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News | Hemodynamic Support Devices

October 28, 2019 — Nearly two years of real-world outcomes data on Abiomed’s Impella RP heart pump shows that when ...

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News | Catheters

October 23, 2019 — BioCardia announced the U.S. commercial availability of its Avance Bi-Directional Steerable ...

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News | Cath Lab

October 22, 2019 — OmniVision Technologies Inc. announced that its OV6948 camera module is the winner of the Guinness ...

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Videos | Radial Access

Sunil Rao, M.D., chief of cardiology, Durham VA Health System and a professor at Duke University, and Prashant Kaul, M.D ...

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Technology | Guidewires

October 21, 2019 — Cardiovascular Systems Inc. recently announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) premarket ...

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News | Stroke

October 18, 2019 — An algorithm developed by faculty at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ...

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