November 26, 2019 — The preliminary one-year results of the TRILUMINATE Pivotal Study for Abbott's TriClip device, a technical iteration of MitraClip, was found to be safe and effective for edge-...
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).
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Medtronic In.Pact AV drug-coated balloon (DCB) for the treatment of failing arteriovenous (AV) access in patients with end-stage renal...
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November 19, 2019 — After 12 years of collecting data, the results of the landmark ISCHEMIA (International Study of Comparative Health Effectiveness with Medical and Invasive Approaches) Trial...
News | Virtual and Augmented Reality | November 27, 2019
November 27, 2019 — CAE Healthcare will showcase its mixed reality training solutions for practicing physicians and...
A sample of the transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) devices in development or clinical trials.
Feature | Heart Valve Technology | November 27, 2019 | Saipriya Iyer
The overwhelming success story for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) moving from a science project to...
A key slide from the TRILUMINATE study one-year results showing the improvement in tricuspid regurgitation from basement with treatment using the transcatheter TriClip device.
News | Heart Valve Technology | November 26, 2019 | Dave Fornell, Editor
November 26, 2019 — The preliminary one-year results of the TRILUMINATE Pivotal Study for Abbott's TriClip device, a...
News | November 26, 2019
November 21, 2019 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Medtronic In.Pact AV drug-coated...
The percentage of women entering the cardiology workforce is low, despite the fact that half of all medical students are women. Despite the low numbers, many women have become luminaries in the field of cardiology, including Dee Dee Wang, M.D., director of advanced cardiovascular imaging at Henry Ford Hospital, pictured here.
Blog | November 22, 2019
Now, more than ever, the field of cardiology needs women.
But as the national need for more cardiologists...
The three sites most often used for distal radial artery access are the (1) anatomic snuffbox above the scaphoid (left), (2) adjacent to the snuffbox at the trapezium bone (center), and (3) the first intermetacarpal space (right). The author’s preference is either of the first two options, although good outcomes have been reported with use of the intermetacarpal space.
Feature | Radial Access | November 21, 2019 | Enrique Flores, M.D., RPVI
Interest in distal radial artery access (DRA) is growing rapidly. Among the benefits of DRA are the low risk of entry...
In the ISCHEMIA study, patients were randomized into one of two groups: a conservative strategy or an invasive strategy. Illustration by NYU Langone staff
Feature | AHA | November 19, 2019
November 19, 2019 — After 12 years of collecting data, the results of the landmark ISCHEMIA (International Study of...
News | November 19, 2019
November 19, 2019 — Since Maquet/Datascope first recalled all of its ...
Feature | AHA | November 19, 2019 | Dave Fornell, Editor
November 19, 2019 — Here is a list of the key late-breaking clinical study presentations and links to the results at...
The ClotTriever system (Inari Medical), a mechanical thrombectomy system FDA 510(k) cleared for the nonsurgical removal of soft thrombi and emboli from peripheral blood vessels.
News | Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) | November 14, 2019
November 7, 2019 — The ClotTriever Outcomes (CLOUT) Registry is evaluating real-world patient outcomes following...
News | Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) | November 14, 2019
November 7, 2019 — Ultrasoundplasty before angioplasty for below-the-knee lesions (BTK) lesions may improve clinical...
News | Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) | November 14, 2019
November 14, 2019 — There were positive results in the TANGO Trial is a phase 2, dose escalation, double-blinded...
The LimFlow procedure permanently bypasses unreconstructable arteries and leverages healthier veins as a conduit to create new routes to perfuse tissue in the foot.
News | Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) | November 14, 2019
November 14, 2019 — Results were positive for the multicenter PROMISE I Trial represents the first human use in the...
The IN.PACT Arteriovenous (AV) Access randomized trial evaluating the safety and effectiveness of the Medtronic IN.PACT AV Access drug-coated balloon (DCB) met both of its endpoints, in data presented at the 2019 Vascular Interventional Advances (VIVA) annual meeting.
News | Drug-Eluting Balloons | November 14, 2019
November 7, 2019 — The IN.PACT Arteriovenous (AV) Access randomized trial evaluating the safety and effectiveness of...
The Rex Medical Revolution rotational atherectomy system incorporates continuous aspiration and has a dual indication for atherectomy and thrombectomy.
News | Atherectomy Devices | November 11, 2019
November 7, 2019 — The REVEAL FDA investigational device exemption (IDE) trial confirmed a favorable safety and...
