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).

Medicare Expenses Growth Heart Attack Patients 1998 2008
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September 26, 2013— Medicare expenses for patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI, heart attack) increased ...

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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai PARIS Study Antiplatelet Therapy PCI
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September 26, 2013 — Lead study investigators from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai presented their Patterns of ...

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September 26, 2013 – In 1988, the first Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference was held with less than 200 ...

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September 25, 2013 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a final rule for the unique device ...

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September 24, 2013 — W. L. Gore & Associates has enrolled the first patient in its Gore Carotid Stent clinical study for ...

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September 23, 2013 — Cardiologists are increasingly accessing coronary arteries by way of the wrist rather than the ...

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September 20, 2013 — Todd Dunlap, 62, arrived at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center's emergency room on Aug. 8 suffering ...

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September 20, 2013— The Mount Sinai Medical Center is participating in the nationwide Absorb III clinical trial testing ...

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September 18, 2013 – Simbionix USA Corp. released the Endovascular Basic Skills training module for the ANGIO Mentor ...

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September 17, 2013 — In a significant milestone toward obtaining additional key regulatory approvals for the Synergy dru ...

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Feature | Patrick Antoun, M.D., and Jeffrey A. Breall, M.D., Ph.D.

Vascular closure devices (VCD) were first introduced in the early 1990s with a goal to achieve quick hemostasis, thus ...

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September 11, 2013 — Direct Flow Medical Inc. announced the first patient enrollment in the U.S. SALUS clinical trial ...

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September 9, 2013 — Medtronic Inc. has formed Medtronic Hospital Solutions, a new business focused on developing novel ...

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September 5, 2013 — Use of the novel anticoagulant otamixaban did not reduce ischemic events compared with ...

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September 4, 2013 — Terumo has introduced the GlideSheath Slender Hydrophilic Introducer Sheath, a 6 French sheath that ...

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