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Interventional Treatment During C-Section Can Save Mother’s Life, Prevent Hysterectomy

Using tiny balloons to temporarily block blood flow to the uterus during a high-risk Caesarean-section delivery can save the life of the mother while preventing hysterectomy and preserving fertility, suggests research being presented at the 25th a...

Most Innovative Heart Centers: Chicago’s Mercy Hospital

Cath lab volumes have gone down in recent years for several reasons, but one of the biggest reasons might be market saturation. This is certainly the case in Chicago, where nearly every hospital has a cath lab, resulting in relatively low volumes...

Vena Cava Filter Shows Success in Preventing Recurrent Pulmonary Embolism

April 6, 2012 — Crux Biomedical announced that a recently completed pivotal trial of its Crux Vena Cava Filter (VCF) System with bi-directional retrieval was presented at the 2012 Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Annual Scientific Me...

Editor's Choice for Most Innovative New Technology at RSNA 2011

After spending a week walking the show floor and meeting with scores of vendors at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2011 annual meeting, the following are my choices for the most innovative new technologies presented.

Cook Medical Retracta Detachable Embolization Coil Embolization Device
Cook Medical Introduces New Fully-Retractable Embolization...
Cook Medical has launched a new fully-retractable .035 inch embolization coil, intended for peripheral arterial and venous embolization. Embolization is a...
Stenting Blocked Bowel Arteries Alleviates Pain, Prevents...
Stenting reopens completely blocked bowel arteries, preventing damage and even death from a condition that causes individuals severe pain and leads to...
Survey to Reveal Healthcare Reform’s Impact on Wages in the...
The staffing firm SpringBoard Healthcare is conducting a wage information survey to gather information about cath lab’s across the country. Reader input is...
Stenting dramatically improves treatment access for...
Kidney failure patients on dialysis derive long-term benefit from the minimally invasive placement of a stent that improves the function of dialysis access...
Rex Medical Introduces Cleaner15 Rotational Thrombectomy System
The Cleaner15 Rotational Thrombectomy System from Rex Medical L.P. is indicated for mechanical declotting of occluded native vessel
Surefire's Angiographic Catheter Line Provides Flexibility Trackability
Surefire's angiographic catheter line is designed to provide interventional radiologists with far greater flexibility and the highest level...
Cook Launches Aprima Nonvascular Introducer
Cook Medical's Aprima Access nonvascular introducer set is the first product in the Aprima drainage portfolio. It is a nonvascular access...
Surefire Medical Receives FDA Clearance For High-Flow Emobilization Microcatheter
Surefire Medical's Surefire high-flow microcatheter is the next generation of the company's infusion technology. The Surefire...
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Survey to Reveal Healthcare Reform’s Impact on Wages in the...
The staffing firm SpringBoard Healthcare is conducting a wage information survey to gather information about cath lab’s across the country. Reader input is...
Time to Rethink Varicose Veins
The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR), an international organization of doctors, scientists and allied health professionals dedicated to improving...
C-section Hysterectomy Clinical trial Interventional Radiology Balloon Catheter
Interventional Treatment During C-Section Can Save Mother’s...
Using tiny balloons to temporarily block blood flow to the uterus during a high-risk Caesarean-section delivery can save the life of the mother while...
Rex Medical Cleaner15 Rotational Thrombectomy System...
January 16, 2013 — Rex Medical L.P. announced that it has received 510(k) Clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Cleaner15...

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The Radial Access Adoption Report Card
Over the past decade in the United States, there has been growing interest in transradial artery...
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Game-Changing Technologies to Watch in 2013
My job as editor of DAIC is to help readers keep tabs on the latest in cardiovascular technology...
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Innovation Exasperation
In a recent LinkedIn Medical Device Group posting, it was noted that DuVal & Associates, P.A....
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Less is More — Radiation Exposure Reduction in the EP Lab
This webinar focuses on implementation of different strategies to reduce radiation exposure during interventional electrophysiology (EP) procedures. It offers an overview of the current state-of-the-...
Iterative Reconstruction in CT: Understanding and Implementation
Radiation exposure from multidetector CT (MDCT) has become a pressing public health concern in both lay and medical publications. Implementation of iterative reconstruction offers radiologists the...
Healthcare Reform: What’s the Immediate Impact on Cardiovascular IT?
The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) may have significant impact on healthcare providers and their cardiovascular departments. While the ruling will...