April 3, 2019 – The ACC.19 late-breaking landmark Evolut Low Risk Trial compared the minimally invasive Evolut...
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).
Technology | Stents | April 03, 2019
April 3, 2019 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently granted an additional indication to Bard...
Technology | Venous Therapies | April 03, 2019
April 3, 2019 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently cleared Bard Peripheral Vascular's Venovo...
Technology | Vascular Closure Devices | April 03, 2019
April 3, 2019 — Essential Medical Inc. received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its large bore...
Technology | April 03, 2019
April 3, 2019 — Medtronic's Resolute Integrity Zotarolimus-eluting Coronary Stent System received an additional U.S...
The top cardiac technology news item in March was the FDA clearing the MitraClip for use in heart failure patients with functional mitral regurgitation based on the very positive results of the COAPT Trial.
Feature | April 01, 2019
April 1, 2019 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC)...
All major vendors offering advanced visualization software now offer structural heart planning. This is an example of GE Healthcare's Valve Assist software being used to determine the best location of a transseptal puncture to deliver a left atrial appendage (LAA) occluder.
Feature | Structural Heart | March 28, 2019 | Jeff Zagoudis
Structural heart interventions represent one of the fastest growing segments of cardiology, as the number of devices...
SyncVision iFR Co-registration from Philips Healthcare maps pressure readings onto angiogram. Results from an international study presented at ACC 2019 indicates pressure readings obtained using iFR (instantaneous wave-free ratio, also referred to as instant wave-free ratio or instant flow reserve) in coronary arteries may localize stenoses that remain after interventions.
Feature | ACC | March 27, 2019 | Greg Freiherr, Contributing Editor
The fingerprints of value-added medicine were all over products and works-in-progress on the exhibit floor of the...
News | Structural Heart Occluders | March 27, 2019
March 27. 2019 — A newly released expert consensus statement provides recommendations for the safe and effective...
News | Heart Valve Technology | March 27, 2019
March 27, 2019 — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS...
Illustration showing the venous implantation route and where the inlet and outflow ports are when the Impella RP is placed in the right side of the heart.
Feature | Hemodynamic Support Devices | March 26, 2019 | Perwaiz Meraj, M.D. FACC and Uma Chandrasekaran, Ph.D.
Right heart failure (RHF) is a syndrome characterized by the inability of the right ventricle (RV) to support...
Medical video game company Level Ex expanded into cardiology with the launch of Cardio Ex. It offers clinical video game scenarios that aid in cognitive, spatial-reasoning and decision-making skills in the cath lab.
Technology | Cardiovascular Education | March 26, 2019
March 26, 2019 — Level Ex, creators of medical video games for physicians, expanded into cardiology with the launch...
