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This channel contains news about the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), including coverage of its annual meeting and links to recently released practice guidelines. SCAI is a leading resource in interventional cardiology and cath lab techniques and technologies. 
 

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Ashwin Nathan M.D., a cardiology fellow at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, presented a late-breaking ...

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The Medtronic Harmony transcatheter pulmonary valve (TPV) system offers a less invasive treatment option for patients with a congenital heart defect irregularity in their right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) that requires a pulmonary valve placement to restore valve function. 
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April 30, 2021 — New study results validate the effectiveness of the Medtronic Harmony transcatheter pulmonary valve ...

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The two FDA-clear transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) valves on the market, the Edwards Lifesciences Sapien 3 (left) and the Medtronic CoreValve (right).
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April 30, 2021 – An analysis of growth patterns in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) programs across United ...

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News | Cath Lab

April 29, 2021 – A retrospective analysis of risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD) in young African American ...

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News | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies

April 28, 2021 — An analysis of the prospective Chinese Fuwai PCI Registry, confirms long-term, dual-antiplatelet ...

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News | Radial Access | Dave Fornell, Editor

April 28, 2021 — A new study reveals the use of a potassium ferrate hemostatic patch (PFHP) reduces the time to ...

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Videos | Cardiogenic Shock

William O’Neill, M.D., medical director of the Center for Structural Heart Disease at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit ...

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News | Cath Lab

April 28, 2021 – Results from a retrospective observational study, presented today at Society for Cardiovascular ...

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April 20, 2021 – The Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation (MHIF) announced the first publication of outcomes from the ...

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The Medtronic Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve (TPV) System. It is first in the world non-surgical heart valve to treat pediatric and adult patients with a native or surgically-repaired right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) to stop severe pulmonary valve regurgitation caused by congenital heart disease.
Feature | Structural Heart | By Dave Fornell, Editor

March 26, 2021 — Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the Medtronic Harmony Transcatheter ...

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News | Cardiovascular Education | Dave Fornell, Editor

All medical conferences moved to a virtual meeting format due to COVID-19 this year, and there has been apprehension ...

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 At Mayo, they have a small, tableside-mounted ultrasound console in the cath labs that is used for both radial and femoral vascular access. Table set up with the patient includes a sterile marker, a hemostat for marking the lower edge of the femoral head using fluoroscopy, a micropunture needle, and a still micropunture sheath.
Feature | Vascular Access | Dave Fornell, Editor

Vascular access site bleeding is associated with higher complications and mortality rates. For decades femoral access ...

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