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).

William O'Neill, M.D., unveils the Detroit Cardiogenic Shock Initiative at Henry Ford Hospital. The program uses new protocols to reduce cardiogenic shock mortality by 50 percent by using early hemodyanmic support.
Feature | Hemodynamic Support Devices | Dave Fornell, Editor

About 50 percent of patients in cardiogenic shock do not survive, and account for about 90,000 heart attack patients a ...

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Amaranth's Fortitute bioresorbable stent scaffold. The company is developing smaller strut BRS.  Data presented at EuroPCR 2018
Feature | Stents Bioresorbable

June 19, 2018 – Amaranth Medical offered new details about its 85-micron Defiance bioresorbable scaffold (BRS) recently ...

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Technology | Drug-Eluting Balloons

June 15, 2018 — Medtronic plc has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for 200mm and 250mm lengths ...

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News | Guidewires

June 14, 2018 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the following two draft guidance documents:


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News | Heart Valve Technology

June 13, 2018 — Henry Ford Hospital is one of 17 U.S. trial sites using a catheter-based procedure approved in Europe to ...

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News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

June 8, 2018 — Whole-body magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) found a surprisingly high prevalence of atherosclerosis ...

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News | Embolic Protection Devices

June 7, 2018 — The first clinical cases have been completed where the Emboliner Embolic Protection Catheter was used ...

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News | Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps (IABP)

June 6, 2018 — Maquet Datascope Corp. said it is recalling the CardioSave Hybrid Intra-aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) due to ...

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How to reduce radiation exposure in the cath lab fluoroscopy. Imaging system in photo is a Philips XperFlex.
Feature | Angiography | Dave Fornell, Editor
June 6, 2018 — Here is a checklist of dose-sparing practices for angiographic X-ray imaging used in the cath lab. This ...
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Radiation dose monitoring for angiography on the Canon Infinix angiography system. Radiation dose tracking in cardiology.
Feature | Radiation Dose Management | Dave Fornell, Editor

A new consensus document on how to mitigate radiation exposure in cardiac imaging for both patients and staff was issued ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

June 1, 2018 –  Use of the Abbott Portico transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) therapy was associated with ...

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Severe radiation burn caused by extended X-ray angiography in the same location in the cath lab. Controlling cath lab radiation dose was a big topic in, with three articles on this subject making the top 20 list.
Feature | Dave Fornell, Editor

June 1, 2018 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) ...

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News | Renal Denervation

May 31, 2018 – ReCor Medical announced that the RADIANCE-HTN SOLO study met its primary efficacy endpoint and ...

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News | Stents Drug Eluting

May 31, 2018 – Late-breaking trial results presented at the EuroPCR Congress, May 21-24 in Paris, France, found the ...

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News | Stents Drug Eluting

May 31, 2018 — Two-year outcome data from the BIO-RESORT randomized controlled trial were presented in a late-breaking ...

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