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).

This image shows the mitral valve of the heart of a mouse that lacks the serotonin transporter (SERT) gene. The valve was stained with prico-sirius red to show collagen. SERT knockout mice had a thickened mitral valve compared to normal mice. Image courtesy of Columbia University Irving Medical Center

News | Cardiovascular Surgery

Columbia Researchers Find Link Between Serotonin and Heart Valve Disease

January 31, 2023 — Serotonin can impact the mitral valve of the heart and potentially accelerate a cardiac condition ...

January 31, 2023

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has identified this as a Class I recall, the most serious type of recall. Use of these devices may cause serious injuries, serious health consequences, or death

News | Catheter

Medtronic Recalls Mahurkar Acute Dual Lumen High Flow Hemodialysis Catheters for Potential Catheter Hub Defect

January 31, 2023 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a statement announcing that Medtronic is recalling ...

January 31, 2023

The first US patient has been enrolled at Medstar Washington Hospital Center in the SELUTION4ISR study evaluating SELUTION SLR to support FDA approval.

News | Drug-Eluting Balloons

MedAlliance Leads US Sirolimus DEB Race: First US Patient Enrolled into SELUTION SLR Coronary Sirolimus DEB Study

January 27, 2023 — The first US patient has been enrolled at Medstar Washington Hospital Center in the SELUTION4ISR ...

January 27, 2023

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Blog | Contrast Media Injectors

BLOG: Enhancing Efficiency and Patient Care with a Modern Injector

Adjustable parameters on the ACIST® CVI® Contrast Delivery System include, flow rate, volume, pressure limit, rise time ...

August 22, 2023

$Neovasc’s Innovative Reducer System will target the estimated $5 billion refractory angina market$

News | Structural Heart

Abbott Receives FDA Approval for Navitor TAVI System

January 19, 2023 — Abbott announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company's latest ...

January 19, 2023

SELUTION SLR, MedAlliance’s novel sirolimus-eluting balloon, has received conditional FDA Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) approval to initiate its pivotal clinical trial for the treatment of coronary de novo lesions.

News | Drug-Eluting Balloons

MedAlliance Selution SLR is the First DEB to Receive Coronary de novo IDE Approval, its Fourth FDA IDE DEB Approval

January 12, 2023 — Selution SLR, MedAlliance’s novel sirolimus-eluting balloon, has received conditional FDA ...

January 12, 2023

A heart-pacing lead is a small catheter with electrodes.

News | Leads Implantable Devices

Cardiac Pacing Leads Market Will Reach $394 million by 2029

January 3, 2023 — The market has been studied for the below mentioned-segmentation and regional analysis for North ...

January 03, 2023

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As medical advancements continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in the field of structural heart interventions, the importance of enterprise imaging has become increasingly evident.

Blog | Enterprise Imaging

BLOG: The Power of Enterprise Imaging in Structural Heart Procedures

As medical advancements continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in the field of structural heart ...

August 10, 2023

Feature | Cardiovascular Business | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane

DAIC's Top 20 from 2022

As 2022 comes to a close, the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology team takes a look at the year's most viewed ...

January 02, 2023

News | Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology DAIC

Happy New Year from DAIC

The DAIC team wishes you a very happy and safe New Year!

January 01, 2023

The AcQCross Qx system combines the dilator and needle needed to perform left-atrial appendage closure procedures, eliminating the need to swap equipment mid-surgery while crossing into the left side of the heart. (Pixabay)

News | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders

Acutus Medical Achieves EU MDR Submission Milestone in Sale of Left-Heart Access Portfolio to Medtronic

December 22, 2022 — Acutus Medical, Inc., an arrhythmia management company focused on improving the way cardiac ...

December 22, 2022

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While the current positive revolution in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) practice has been made possible by the wealth of technological advancements, bringing the necessary tools together in a streamlined workflow has remained a challenge for clinicians

Case Study | Baylor Scott and White Heart Hospital

Contemporary PCI: Utilizing State-of-the-Art Technology to Achieve the Best Outcomes

While the current positive revolution in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) practice has been made possible by the ...

May 05, 2023

Late-breaking clinical trials for the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session Together with World Congress of Cardiology (ACC.23/WCC) have been announced.

Feature | ACC | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane

ACC 2023 Late-breaking Clinical Trials Announced

Late-breaking clinical trials for the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session Together with World ...

December 20, 2022

Corindus, A Siemens Healthineers Company, has officially rebranded as Siemens Healthineers

News | Cardiovascular Business

Corindus, A Siemens Healthineers Company, Is Now Siemens Healthineers Endovascular Robotics

December 14, 2022 — Corindus, A Siemens Healthineers Company, has been rebranded to Siemens Healthineers Endovascular ...

December 14, 2022

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation announced that one-year results on patients treated in the single-arm, prospective, global, multi-center TRISCEND study of the company's EVOQUE transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement system demonstrated favorable safety, efficacy and quality-of-life outcomes.

News | Structural Heart

Edwards Announces One-year Data on Transfemoral Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement

December 13, 2022 — Edwards Lifesciences Corporation announced that one-year results on patients treated in the single ...

December 13, 2022

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Blog | Intra-Vascular Ultrasound (IVUS)

BLOG: Making a Case for the Variable Rate Contrast Injector

During cardiology fellowship, my institution had a hand manifold system. I found it difficult to use at times, and it ...

April 11, 2023

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting health care facilities and providers of a shortage of Getinge Maquet/Datascope Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) devices,

News | Catheters

Getinge Maquet/Datascope Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) Shortage - Letter to Health Care Providers

December 5, 2022 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting health care facilities and providers of a ...

December 05, 2022

Ms. Nieves, donor family, and doctors. Photo courtesy of Montefiore Health System.

News | Heart Failure

World's First HIV-Positive to HIV-Positive Heart Transplant Recipient Meets Donor Family, Shares Gratitude for Life & Advocates for Organ Donation

December 2, 2022 — Westchester resident, 62-year-old Miriam Nieves, is especially grateful this Thanksgiving season ...

December 02, 2022

Boston Scientific Corporation has announced the first results from the ACURATE neo2 Post Market Clinical Follow-up (PMCF) study evaluating the performance of the ACURATE neo2TM Aortic Valve System.

News | Structural Heart

Late-Breaking Post-Market Study Data Reinforce Clinical Procedural Success and Safety of the ACURATE neo2 Aortic Valve System

December 2, 2022 — Boston Scientific Corporation has announced the first results from the ACURATE neo2 Post Market ...

December 02, 2022