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).

Cath lab staff working as a team to prepare for a procedure at Presbyterian Medical Center Cardiac Cath Lab, Charlotte N.C. Pictured are Barry Horsey RCIS, Emily Luna RN, RCIS, Adam Martin RCIS, Caleadia Jessup RN.
Feature | Cardiovascular Business | Ruben Filimonczuk, RCES, AS-PMD
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News | Cardiovascular Surgery

May 3, 2019 — Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery may be the best treatment option for most patients with ...

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Podcast | Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO)

A discussion with Khaldoon Alaswad, M.D., director, cardiac catheterization lab, Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit on ...

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News | Drug-Eluting Balloons

May 2, 2019 — Concept Medical Inc. (CMI) has been granted Breakthrough Device Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug ...

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News | Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)

May 2, 2019 — Abiomed announced that, on April 26, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved initiation of ...

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Podcast | Hemodynamic Support Devices

This podcast is a discussion with William O'Neill, M.D., director of the structural heart program, Henry Ford Hospital ...

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As interventional procedures become more complex, one of the biggest issues is the ability of operators to see the devices they are using in the soft tissue anatomy that is mostly invisible under 2-D fluoroscopy. Several companies have developed new navigation aids, including multimodality fusion imaging software from Philips, GE and Siemens. This image shows a new system being developed by Centerline Biomedical. There is a more detailed image below.
Feature | Cath Lab Navigation Aids | Vikash Goel

When Andreas GrĂĽntzig, father of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, approached his cardiac surgeon ...

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A comparison of the first photo of a black hole (left) and a nuclear myocardial perfusion exam. This imaging is also referred to as nuclear cardiology, molecular imaging, nuclear heart scan, PET, SPECT cardiac exam.
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May 1, 2019 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) maga ...

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News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

April 30, 2019 — A new document compiled by four cardiac imaging professional societies provides a resource to guide ...

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The Aortic intra-aortic axial flow pump is designed to unload the heart and increase renal perfusion in heart failure patients experiencing cardiorenal syndrome.
Feature | Heart Failure | Will Clifton, M.D.
The heart and kidneys are inextricably linked through a diverse web of hemodynamic, neural and hormonal mechanisms. As ...
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News | Congenital Heart

April 29, 2019 — Edwards Lifesciences is recalling the Miller Balloon Atrioseptostomy Catheter and Fogarty Dilation ...

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News | Medical 3-D Printing

April 26, 2019 — A 72-year-old woman from northern Michigan became Henry Ford Health System’s 1,000th patient treated ...

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Videos | Structural Heart

Dee Dee Wang, M.D., director of structural heart imaging, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Mich., explains how patient ...

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