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).

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May 21, 2013 — Zoll Medical Corp. has received Shonin approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare ...

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May 20, 2013 — If someone suffers a heart attack while walking down the street and is taken to the hospital quickly, his ...

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May 20, 2013 — Patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) are more than twice as likely to survive if they ...

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May 20, 2013 — CircuLite Inc. announced that it has received approval from the Federal Agency for Medicines and Health ...

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University of Maryland Medical Center Genetic-Testing Program Cardiac Stent
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May 17, 2013 — Patients with coronary artery disease who undergo treatment at the University of Maryland Medical Center ...

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May 17, 2013 — Prof. Dr. Béla Merkely and Dr. Péter Sótonyi at Semmelweis Egyetem Kardiológiai Központ in Hungary ...

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May 17, 2013 — The Journal of American College of Cardiology has published the results from Corindus Vascular Robotics’ ...

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May 16, 2013 — St. Jude Medical gained CE mark approval of its Ilumien Optis percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) ...

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Elixer bioresorbable stent
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May 16, 2013 — Elixir Medical Corp. announced it received CE (Conformité Européenne) mark approval for its DESolve ...

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Technology

May 15, 2013 — Vascular Solutions Inc. announced that it has re-launched the Venture catheter, a deflectable-tip cathete ...

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Philips introduced CX50 xMatrix architecture designed to support advanced fluoro integration with the EchoNavigator system. It aligns TEE views with live fluoroscopy to enhance navigation in complex structural heart procedures. Transesophageal echo (TEE).
Feature | Dave Fornell

The development of 3-D transesophageal echo (TEE) just a few years ago has enabled a new generation of interventional ...

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STEMI, Aspirus
Feature | Williette Nyanue

The Aspirus Heart & Vascular Institute (AH&VI) services 14 counties in north central Wisconsin and an additional seven ...

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Feature | Radial Access | Ajay J. Kirtane, M.D., SM, Philippe Généreux, M.D., and Stéphane Rinfret, M.D., SM

When cath labs begin performing radial access procedures, both the staff and the operators need to keep an open mind and ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

There is a growing trend in the use of small, portable extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) systems for ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

Since the 1970s, intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABPs) have been the gold standard of minimally invasive hemodynamic ...

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