Cath Lab Navigation Aids

This channel includes news and new technology innovations for navigation aids to help guide interventional procedures. These include advanced imaging, fusion imaging, rotational angiograpy, fluoro overlay images, robotic systems, and 3D printing and holograms for use in the interventional lab or cath lab.

The DEFINE GPS (Distal Evaluation of Functional performance with Intravascular sensors to assess the Narrowing Effect: Guided Physiologic Stenting) study will be the first time that the use of iFR in conjunction with the Philips Image-Guided Co-registration System (SyncVision) is evaluated for PCI guidance and the optimization of treatment outcomes.

News | Cath Lab Navigation Aids

DEFINE GPS Study Assesses PCI Guided by Integrated iFR and Angiography

February 12. 2020 — Philips announced a new randomized controlled trial to assess patient outcomes after receiving a ...

February 12, 2020

This is an example of artificial intelligence automation for cardiac MRI using an AI app from TeraRecon's Envoy AI marketplace. The GE MRI image has bee countoured, anatomy labeled and all quantification automated by the AI, greatly reducing post-processing time. See this and other new AI imaging technologies from the 2019 RSNA meeting.

Blog

8 Cardiovascular Technologies to Watch in 2020

The key question I am always asked at cardiology conferences is what are the trends and interesting new technologies I ...

January 24, 2020

Videos | Robotic Systems

VIDEO: First Robotic PCI Case in Germany With Robocath R-One System

This video shows the first robotic percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) performed in Germany with the Robocath R ...

January 20, 2020

Videos | RSNA

VIDEO: Key Medical Imaging Technology Trends at the 2019 RSNA

DAIC Editor Dave Fornell and Imaging Technology News (ITN) Consulting Editor Greg Freiherr offer a post-game report on ...

December 18, 2019

CAE Healthcare will showcase its mixed reality training solutions for practicing physicians and medical imaging companies for the first time at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2019 meeting. With technology platforms that integrate modeled human physiology into immersive, augmented reality environments, CAE Healthcare partners with vendors to deliver risk-free training solutions that meet the needs of physicians and equipment providers. #RSNA19 #RSNA2019

News | Virtual and Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality for Radiology and Cardiology Training Demonstrated at RSNA 2019

November 27, 2019 — CAE Healthcare will showcase its mixed reality training solutions for practicing physicians and ...

November 27, 2019

EchoPixel showed technology at TCT 2019 that creates live holograms in the cath lab from 3-D TEE imaging. It projects the holograms on a special display screen that does not require the user to wear 3-D glasses. The interventional cardiologist can use hand movements and a foot switch to move the image around without breaking the sterile field. It offers a new way to visualize catheters, device positioning and deployment for structural heart procedures. #TCT2019 #TCT #TCT19

Feature | TCT | Dave Fornell, Editor

6 Hot Topics in Interventional Cardiology at TCT 2019

The latest in interventional cardiology clinical data and new device technologies were highlighted at the annual Transca ...

November 04, 2019

#TCT2019 #TCT #TCT19 Mentice. The patient has respiratory chest motion, eyes blink and it allows for radial or femoral catheterization. The simulator allows for PCI training. When not used for cath training, the patient simulator can be used by other hospital staff training or EMS training.

Gallery | Cath Lab | Dave Fornell, Editor

Image Gallery From the TCT 2019 Meeting

This is a photo essay of the interventional cardiology and structural heart technologies on the expo floor and discussed ...

October 31, 2019

A comparison of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) vs. angiography found a significant mismatch and showed the benefits of IVUS in venous interventions.

News | Venous Therapies

IVUS Better Than Venography to Identify Venous Stent Landing Zones

October 31, 2019 – In a large series of iliac vein stent cases, a blinded comparison found intravascular ultrasound ...

October 31, 2019

Siemens Healthineers completed the acquisition of 100 percent of Corindus Vascular Robotics Inc., effective Oct. 29, 2019. Prior to the closing of the acquisition, Corindus held a shareholders’ meeting Oct. 25, at which 87.5 percent of their stockholders approved the acquisition. The relevant governmental authorities previously granted the approvals required to complete the acquisition.

News | Robotic Systems

Siemens Completes Acquisition of Cath Lab Robotics Vendor Corindus

October 29, 2019 — Siemens Healthineers completed the acquisition of 100 percent of Corindus Vascular Robotics Inc ...

October 29, 2019

Marco Costa, M.D., Ph.D., MBA, president, UH Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, performing a cath lab procedure.

News | Cath Lab

University Hospitals Designs the Cardiovascular Center of the Future

October 28, 2019 — Leaders within University Hospitals and the Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute had a vision to ...

October 28, 2019

Videos | University of Colorado Hospital

VIDEO: Overview of University of Colorado Structural Heart Program

Interview with John Carroll, M.D., director of interventional cardiology, Robert Quaife, M.D., director of advanced ...

October 02, 2019

Khaldoon Alaswad, M.D., right, director, cardiac catheterization lab, during a complex CTO procedure at Henry Ford Hospital.

Feature | Henry Ford Hospital | Dave Fornell, Editor

Innovations in Cardiology at Henry Ford Hospital

Henry Ford Hospital thought leaders regularly speak at the cardiology conferences about new research and technology ...

October 01, 2019

This is a view of the Level Ex IVUS training app to help users of Philips' intravascular ultrasound system. It is integrated into a percutenous coronary intervention (PCI) training app for mobile devices that allows interventional cardiologists to perform streamlined cath lab patient case simulations, including, iFR, angioplasty and stenting. #TCT2019

News | Intra-Vascular Ultrasound (IVUS)

IVUS and iFR Video Game App Training Offered by Philips and Level Ex

October 2, 2019 — Philips Healthcare is utilizing Level Ex’s video game app design expertise to train interventional ...

October 02, 2019

This shows the TEE ultrasound imaging used to guide MitraClip procedures to treat functional mitral regurgitation.

360 Photos | 360 View Photos

360 View of the TEE Echo Workstation During a MitraClip Procedure

This 360 degree view shows staff at the University of Colorado Heart and Vascular Center performing live transesophageal ...

October 02, 2019

Videos | Heart Valve Technology

VIDEO: Transcatheter Mitral Valve Interventions at Henry Ford Hospital

Marvin Eng, M.D., structural fellowship director at Henry Ford Health System, and William O'Neill, M.D., director of the ...

September 30, 2019