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).

Feature | By Jane Luu, M.D., and John Kao, M.D., FACC

Each year, more than 300,000 people in the United States suffer sudden cardiac death, with some estimates placing this ...

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July 15, 2011 — In a true hybrid suite, both cath lab and open surgical procedures are performed in a single room. In ...

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June 29, 2011 – To expand manufacturing operations and commercial infrastructure to support growing demand for the ...

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June 29, 2011 – For the first time, human blood vessels grown in a laboratory from donor skin cells have been ...

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May 16, 2011 — Patients who undergo a procedure to unblock a coronary artery are likely to survive longer if they ...

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June 20, 2011 — Boston Scientific Corporation today announced the global launch of its Mustang PTA balloon catheter, a ...

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June 20, 2011 – A new version of the Ziehm Vision RFD mobile C-arm is now available. Offering outstanding imaging and a ...

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June 17, 2011 – In hybrid operating rooms (OR), healthcare facilities require a flexible imaging system to create a ...

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June 14, 2011 — Lengthy periods of ambulance diversion are associated with higher mortality rates among patients with ...

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June 2, 2011 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week is warning medical professionals and U.S. medical ...

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May 26, 2011 – AngioDynamics announced launch of the new 90 cm NeverTouch procedure kit featuring a longer TRE-Sheath ...

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Stem Cells might be used to restore heart function by replacing the dead heart muscle following myocardial infarctions.
Feature | Stem Cell Therapies | Dave Fornell

For years researchers have experimented with stem cells in attempts to regrow myocardium in patients who suffer ...

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May 19, 2011 - Neovasc Inc., a developer of novel technologies used to treat vascular disease, reported positive six ...

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Feature | Todd Loesch

For decades, cath lab clinicians essentially had only one option for achieving hemostasis management following a ...

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Pre-hospital ECG transmissions helped ThedaCare diagnose STEMI patients prior to arrival, allowing earlier cath lab activation.
Feature | Mike Rodman, Cath Lab Supervisor, Appleton Medical Center, Appleton, Wis., and Theda Clark Medical Center, Neenah, Wis.

According to the American College of Cardiology (ACC), each year nearly 400,000 patients are admitted to U.S. hospitals ...

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