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 Amplatzer transcatheter occluder can help seal holes in heart.
Feature | Structural Heart Occluders | Dave Fornell

(This article was updated with new information in June 2016)  Transcatheter structural heart repair devices ...

Home July 20, 2010
Home
Feature | Dave Fornell

There is no consensus about whether atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis should be stented or treated medically. There ...

Home July 20, 2010
Home
Feature | Dave Fornell

Outside the United States, transradial artery access is used in 50-90 percent of percutaneous interventions over ...

Home July 20, 2010
Home
The new radial recovery lounge at St. Josephs Hospital is designed to make patients feel more comfortable in a less institutional setting.
Feature | Radial Access | Dave Fornell

Transradial access is slowly gaining ground in the United States as more physicians make the switch due to greatly ...

Home July 20, 2010
Home
News

July 16, 2010 – Biosense Webster Inc. recently announced that more than 10 patients have now been enrolled in the ...

Home July 15, 2010
Home
News

July 13, 2010 – A new analysis from the American College of Cardiology Foundation’s National Cardiovascular Data ...

Home July 13, 2010
Home
News

July 9, 2010 – W. L. Gore and Associates announced today that they are confident in the design and anticipated ...

Home July 09, 2010
Home
News

July 8, 2010 – The annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) event has traditionally been a symposium ...

Home July 08, 2010
Home
The hybrid suite at The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano allows both surgical and interventional procedures to be performed. Hybrid cath lab, Hybrid OR.
Feature | Dave Fornell

The barriers that once separated interven-tionalists, cardiac surgeons, vascular surgeons and electrophysiologists ...

Home July 08, 2010
Home
News

July 1, 2010 – Two medical companies say they will work with physicians to further investigate ways to manage ...

Home July 01, 2010
Home
News

July 1, 2010 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently added a warning to the information on ...

Home July 01, 2010
Home
News

June 28, 2010 – AGA Medical has been denied the right to appeal a decision in a United Kingdom patent case ...

Home June 27, 2010
Home
News

June 24, 2010 – Tryton Medical Inc. announced that the company’s Tryton Side Branch Stent System has been used in ...

Home June 24, 2010
Home
News

June 24, 2010 – The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced this week that it has given a $2.2 million grant ...

Home June 23, 2010
Home
Feature

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

Home June 23, 2010
Home
Subscribe Now