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).

The JenaValve transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) device.
Feature | By Chris S. Malaisrie, M.D. and Attapoom Susupaus, M.D., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute

Aortic stenosis (AS) is one of the most common valvular disorders in older adults, with a prevalence of approximately 8 ...

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Feature | Vinit Lal, M.D.

When it comes to interventional cardiology, increasing diagnostic confidence and reducing exam time are paramount ...

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Case Study

Tony Pinson, RTRCV, has worked at Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster, Md., for nearly 20 years. During that ...

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December 7, 2010 - In an effort to improve the diagnosis and treatment of peripheral artery disease (PAD), the ...

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November 17, 2010 – A drug-eluting balloon (DEB) and a coronary stent have received CE mark approval in Europe ...

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November 15, 2010 - A catheter procedure that closes a hole in patients’ hearts appears to be no more effective ...

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Technology


November 9, 2010 – To assist interventionalists with organizing, securing and loading interventional tools during ...

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November 5, 2010 – New research shows that novel drug-coated balloon technology is being adopted in niche ...

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November 3, 2010 – The first patient has been enrolled into a study comparing a left atrial appendage (LAA) ...

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November 1, 2010 - After a heart attack victim stops breathing, a process of irreversible brain damage starts to ...

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The first-in-man use of the Coherex WaveCrest left atrial appendage (LAA) occluder system was successfully ...

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October 25, 2010 – The Hague, Netherlands ruled in favor of Occlutech, a transcatheter structural heart occluder ...

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October 21, 2010 – Vascular Solutions has acquired the assets related to snare products from Radius Medical ...

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October 20, 2010 - The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of ...

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October 20, 2010 – A new type of sterile marker for image-guided surgery has been launchd. The Threaded Spherz, by ...

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