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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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August 19, 2010 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said last week Boston Scientific has resolved all ...

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August 18, 2010 - A new portable system which cools the brain via the nasal cavity may improve survival following ...

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August 12, 2010 – A 52-year-old male heart failure patient in Krakow, Poland, became the first human to receive ...

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August 9, 2010 - Health care professionals will attend a conference devoted to the fundamentals of establishing ...

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August 3, 2010 — St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center (SJRMC) in Paterson, N.J., received the Chain of Survival ...

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July 29, 2010 – A new, highly anticipated antiplatelet drug was recommended yesterday for final approval by the U ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

In addition to the FDA-cleared Gore Helex and the AGA Amplatzer transcatheter devices for atrial septal defects ...

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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 ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

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

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

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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 ...

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

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

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

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

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