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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).

Bilateral pulmonary embolisms seen on spectral CT. Photo courtesy of Siemens Healthineers.
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May 4, 2020 — A committee comprised of vascular surgeons, medical physicians and technologists from the University of ...

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News | ECMO Systems

May 1, 2020 — Abiomed, maker of the Impella heart pump, has acquired Breethe, developer of a novel extracorporeal ...

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Thomas Maddox, M.D., MSc, FACC, the chair of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Science and Quality Committee ...

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April 23, 2020 – LivaNova PLC said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now permitting the company to expand ...

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SCAI, ACC and ACEP release consensus document on how to manage acute myocardial infarctions during the SARS-C0V-2 outbreak, #COVIF19 #coronavirus
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Key TAVR Takeaways From ACC 2020
Feature | Heart Valve Technology | Dave Fornell, Editor

Some U.S. centers need improvement in their outcomes was the biggest takeaway from the five transcatheter aortic valve ...

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DAIC Editor Dave Fornell has conducted numerous video interviews remotely from his home office in March and April 2020 ...

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The ACC began a campaign to encourage patients with heart attack and stroke symptoms to go to the hospital, because there has been a large drop in theses cases since the start of COVID-19. #COVID19 #coronavirus #SARScov2
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April 14, 2020 — Since the start of COVID-19 containment efforts across the U.S. in March 2020, there has been a massive ...

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Detroit, Michigan, has been one the hardest hit regions with a large number of COVID-19 cases. William O’Neill, M.D. ...

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The American College of Cardiology (ACC) released a list of the latest practice-changing presentations at the ACC.20 annual meeting March 28-30, 2020, in Chicago. This includes five late-breaking clinical trial (LBCT) sessions and three featured clinical research sessions. There also are two LBCT deep-dive sessions where the experts will break down the hottest trials and attendees can find out what the impact might be on the practice of cardiology and patients.
Feature | ACC | Dave Fornell, Editor

Here is the list of American College of Cardiology (ACC) practice-changing late-breaking study presentations at the ACC ...

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Abbott announced its TriClip Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Repair (TTVR) System has received European CE mark clearance as a non-surgical treatment for people with a tricuspid valve regurgitation (TR). 
Feature | Heart Valve Technology

April 9, 2020 — Abbott announced its TriClip Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Repair (TTVR) System has received European CE ...

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April 7, 2020 — Boston Scientific Corp. is recalling its Imager II 5 French angiographic catheters, because there is a ...

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