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).

Videos | Heart Valve Technology | February 18, 2020

VIDEO: Use of a Temporary Pacing Lead in TAVR

Andrew Weintraub, M...

Videos | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies | February 18, 2020

VIDEO: Optimizing Platelet Inhibition in the Cath Lab at Tufts Medical Center

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Radial access in the U.S. is now approaching 50 percent. Tranradial access also shows benefit for mortality and decreases in acute kidney injury (AKI).

Feature | Radial Access | February 14, 2020 | Dave Fornell, Editor

Radial Access Nearing 50 Percent of PCI Volume in U.S.

Transradial access for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the United States has grown rapidly over the past...

A CSI Diamondabck 360 atheretectomy system in use during a cath lab procedure at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Photo by Dave Fornell

A CSI Diamondabck 360 atheretectomy system in use during a cath lab procedure at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Photo by Dave Fornell

News | Atherectomy Devices | February 13, 2020

FDA Issues Final Guidance on Peripheral Vascular Atherectomy Devices

February 13, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued its final guidance on "Peripheral...

The DEFINE GPS (Distal Evaluation of Functional performance with Intravascular sensors to assess the Narrowing Effect: Guided Physiologic Stenting) study will be the first time that the use of iFR in conjunction with the Philips Image-Guided Co-registration System (SyncVision) is evaluated for PCI guidance and the optimization of treatment outcomes.

The DEFINE GPS study will be the first time that the use of iFR in conjunction with an angiography image-guided co-registration system for PCI guidance and the optimization.

News | Cath Lab Navigation Aids | February 12, 2020

DEFINE GPS Study Assesses PCI Guided by Integrated iFR and Angiography

February 12. 2020 — Philips announced a new randomized controlled trial to assess patient outcomes after receiving a...

he University of Wisconsin (UW) Health’s University Hospital in Madison, Wis., recently became the first facility in the United States to install the Artis icono biplane angiography imaging system from Siemens Healthineers.

News | Angiography | February 12, 2020

UW Health First U.S. Installation of Siemens Artis icono Biplane Angiography System

February 12, 2020 — The University of Wisconsin (UW) Health’s University Hospital in Madison, Wis., recently became...

The Boston Scientific Eluvia self-expanding, drug-eluting, peripheral stent.

The Boston Scientific Eluvia self-expanding, drug-eluting, peripheral stent.

Feature | Stents | February 11, 2020 | Saloni Walimbe

Innovations in Cardiovascular Disease Treatment and the Rising Demand for Stents

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are among the leading causes of death across the globe. For patients suffering from...

DSA image obtained approximately 24 hours after 1 mg/h IA tPA infusion, 500 U/h heparin via peripheral IV, and daily oral aspirin (81 mg) shows improved perfusion of digital arteries, albeit with suboptimal vascular blush of distal second and third phalanges. Photo courtesy of ARRS

DSA image obtained approximately 24 hours after 1 mg/h IA tPA infusion, 500 U/h heparin via peripheral IV, and daily oral aspirin (81 mg) shows improved perfusion of digital arteries, albeit with suboptimal vascular blush of distal second and third phalanges. Photo courtesy of ARRS

News | Interventional Radiology | February 11, 2020

What Interventional Radiologists Need to Know About Frostbite and Amputation

February 11, 2020 — An ahead-of-print...