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, hypertensionheart failure and percutenous coronary interventions (PCI).

A comparison of iFR and FFR cut offs for whether a stent is needed in a coronary lesion.
Feature | FFR Technologies | Juan A. Pastor-Cervantes, M.D.

As an early adopter of fractional flow reserve (FFR) for the diagnosis of ischemia, my initial decision to transition ...

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PE, pulmonary embolism, thrombolysis, Ekos, Ekosonic
Feature | Jason T. Salsamendi, M.D., University of Miami Hospital
The continuity within clinical conference topics from year to year and how presentations augment one another tells us a ...
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Tryton Side Branch Stent, Pivotal IDE, bifurcation stent, bifurcation stent
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March 3, 2015 — Tryton Medical Inc. announced that results from the company’s pivotal clinical trial for the Tryton Side ...

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March 3, 2015 — A study being presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s annual scientific meeting says 3-D ...

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Technology

March 2, 1015 — CompView Medical (CVM) introduced an all-in-one equipment manager, visualization and ergonomic boom ...

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March 2, 2015 — Cardinal Health announced plans to acquire Johnson & Johnson’s Cordis business, a leading global ...

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February 25, 2015 — CBSET, a not-for-profit preclinical research institute, announced that its scientists have defined ...

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February 23, 2015 — C. R. Bard Inc. announced that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has ...

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Lutonix, drug eluting balloon, drug coated balloon
Feature | Drug-Eluting Balloons | Dave Fornell

Drug-eluting balloons (DEBs), also referred to as drug-coated balloons (DCBs), have been one of the long-awaited new ...

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Adam Greenbaum, M.D., and William O'Neill, M.D., perform a TAVR procedure in a hybrid cath lab at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Structural heart
Feature | Lynn Tangorra
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is not only a breakthough minimally invasive medical therapy, but offers a ...
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February 13, 2015 — Boston Scientific and C. R. Bard announced a deal where Boston Scientific will distribute the ...

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February 13, 2015 — Shimadzu Medical Systems announced the first United States installation of its Trinias C-12 ...

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February 6, 2015 — United States hospitals began using a new medical device from Medtronic plc  called the In.Pact ...

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February 3, 2015 — Coronary bypass graft surgery commonly used to treat patients with coronary heart disease results in ...

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February 2, 2015 — New clinical research is essential to the development of hospital quality measurement, public ...

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