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, hypertension, heart failure and percutenous coronary interventions (PCI).

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

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April 7, 2011 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2011 in New Orleans this week offered an expo floor ...

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April 6, 2011 – One-year results from the pivotal PLATINUM Workhorse trial were presented at the American College ...

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April 6, 2011 – Development of a novel embolic protection device designed for use during transcatheter aortic ...

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April 6, 2011 – Results from a pooled patient-level analysis favored a next-generation paclitaxel-eluting stent ...

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April 6, 2011 – The second phase of a trial evaluating the world’s first drug-eluting bioresorbable vascular ...

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April 6, 2011 – A pooled analysis of the SPIRIT II, III, IV and COMPARE trials further reinforces the positive ...

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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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April 4, 2011 – Doctors are encouraged to consider therapies in addition to blood thinners to treat certain ...

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April 4, 2011 – A unique formulation of antioxidants taken orally before imaging with ionizing radiation minimizes ...

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April 1, 2011 – A new minimally invasive embolization catheter was unveiled at the Society of Interventional ...

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