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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April 14, 2011 – Varicose veins are more than just a cosmetic consideration—they can cause pain and discomfort ...

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The RIVAL Trial showed radial access has advantages to femoral access.
Feature | Radial Access | Dave Fornell

In the largest randomized trial to compare radial access and femoral access for coronary angiography and intervention ...

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A study from a South Korean research team found that angioplasty with a sirolimus-eluting stent was non-inferior to ...

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Technology | Radiation Dose Management

To prevent physician fatigue and back pain associated with wearing protective lead aprons in the cath lab, the ...

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Heavy calcification around the Aortic bifurcation in a 3,000 year old mummy.
Feature | CT Angiography (CTA)

A U.S.-Egyptian research team has uncovered the earliest documented case of coronary atherosclerosis in a ...

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week released its February list of device and technology ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

April 8, 2011 — A transcatheter ventricular assist device performed better than intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABP), with ...

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April 5, 2011 – A microcatheter system has received the CE mark. The Plato Microcath system, by Scientia Vascular ...

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April 5, 2011 – Death rates are similar at one year for a catheter-based aortic valve replacement procedure and ...

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March 29, 2011 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared a wireless point-of-care testing system that ...

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March 28, 2011 – Patients who have suffered a "mini stroke" are at twice the risk of heart attack than the ...

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March 25, 2011 – The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) have released a ...

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Videos | Radial Access

Radial access is very popular outside the United States because it offers improved safety, comfort and cost savings over ...

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Videos | Radial Access

St. Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta created a radial access recover room that replaces beds and the sterile institutional ...

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