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).

Driven by pandemic realities and clinical demand for portable and intelligent point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), GE Healthcare unveiled Venue Fit, a streamlined and compact POCUS system, alongside an industry-first artificial intelligence (AI) offering for cardiac imaging on the Venue and Venue Go. The Venue Fit is the smallest system in GE Healthcare’s Venue Family, featuring an easy-to-clean touchscreen, intuitive scanning tools, and a small footprint designed to fit in tight spaces often found in point-of

News | Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

GE Healthcare Expands Ultrasound Family with New Point of Care System and AI Offering

March 31, 2021 — Driven by pandemic realities and clinical demand for portable and intelligent point-of-care ultrasound ...

March 31, 2021

The Medtronic Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve (TPV) System. It is first in the world non-surgical heart valve to treat pediatric and adult patients with a native or surgically-repaired right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) to stop severe pulmonary valve regurgitation caused by congenital heart disease.

Feature | Structural Heart | By Dave Fornell, Editor

FDA Clears First Device to Treat Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Congenital Heart Disease

March 26, 2021 — Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the Medtronic Harmony Transcatheter ...

March 26, 2021

Virtual tour views of a University of Colorado cath lab during a CTO procedure (top left), the new robotic EP lab at Banner Health (top right), a bi-plane EP/cath combo lab at Baylor Heart Hospital Dallas (bottom left, and an ECMO procedure at Tufts Medical Center cath lab. Photos by Dave Fornell

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Virtual Tours of Cath and EP Labs

There is a lot of interest in how other hospitals organize and equip their cardiac cath labs and electrophysiology (EP) ...

March 25, 2021

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Feature | Thrombectomy Devices

Redefining PE and VTE Intervention

Venous thromboembolism (VTE), and pulmonary embolism (PE) in particular, are among the most complex and dangerous acute ...

June 01, 2026

PA pressure-guided heart failure management is fast becoming the standard of care in NYHA Class III patients. The Cordella Pulmonary Artery Pressure Sensor enables clinicians to remotely monitor and proactively adjust therapy and medications remotely without the need for office visits.

News | Heart Failure

100th Patient Implanted With Cordella Pulmonary Artery Pressure Sensor For Proactive, Remote Heart Failure Management

March 24, 2021 — Endotronix Inc., a digital health and medical technology company working on advancements in treating of ...

March 24, 2021

Videos | Structural Heart

VIDEO: PFO Closure Shows Continued Stroke Prevention Benefit at 5 Years

Interview with Scott E. Kasner, M.D., who served as the principle investigator for the Gore Cardioform REDUCE trial, and ...

March 23, 2021

Boston Scientific's TheraSphere Y-90 Glass Microspheres enable selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT), or radioembolization, for hepatocellular carcinoma. This treats liver cancer with low toxicity using millions of microscopic glass beads containing radioactive yttrium (Y-90), delivered directly to liver tumors via catheter. The result in minimal radiation exposure to surrounding healthy tissue.

News | Interventional Radiology

FDA Clears Boston Scientific TheraSphere Y-90 Transcatheter Liver Embolization Microspheres

March 18, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Boston Scientific's TheraSphere Y-90 Glass ...

March 18, 2021

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Blog | Contrast Media Injectors

BLOG: Enhancing Efficiency and Patient Care with a Modern Injector

Adjustable parameters on the ACIST® CVI® Contrast Delivery System include, flow rate, volume, pressure limit, rise time ...

August 22, 2023

The Shockwave intravascular lithotripsy system produces a flash of light as it releases a sonic shockwave, as seen here as it is about to shatter a gypsum bead during a TCT 2019 demonstration at the vendor's booth. The technology combines a miniaturized lithotripsy system with a low-pressure balloon catheter to expand peripheral or coronary arteries without causing vessel trauma. Photo by Dave Fornell

Blog | Cath Lab

Coronary Lithotripsy May Become a Paradigm Shift in the Cath Lab

After covering cardiovascular technologies for 14 years, it is rare that I find a new technology that might actually be ...

March 16, 2021

Example of an angioplasty balloon catheter being expanded inside an artery to push atherosclerotic plaque and thrombus out of the way to reopen the vessel lumen to increase or reopen bloodflow. Balloon catheters are used to revascularize patients with heart attacks and to deploy stents to prop open the expended vessel.

Feature | Balloon Catheter | By Dave Fornell, Editor

Overview of Angioplasty Balloon Technology Advances

The first devices developed for interventional cardiology were percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) ...

March 16, 2021

The Philips Stellarex low-dose paclitaxel drug-coated balloon prior to insertion in the cath lab. Five-year ILLUMENATE EU RCT and Pivotal Data Confirm Safety of Philips Stellarex Low-dose Drug-coated Balloon

News | Drug-Eluting Balloons

Five-year ILLUMENATE EU RCT and Pivotal Data Confirm Safety of Philips Stellarex Low-dose Drug-coated Balloon

March 12, 2021 — Philips Healthcare announced the final, five-year results of two major randomized controlled trials ...

March 12, 2021

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As medical advancements continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in the field of structural heart interventions, the importance of enterprise imaging has become increasingly evident.

Blog | Enterprise Imaging

BLOG: The Power of Enterprise Imaging in Structural Heart Procedures

As medical advancements continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in the field of structural heart ...

August 10, 2023

News | Cardiovascular Business

Cardinal Health Sells its Cordis Cardiology Business to Hellman & Friedman

March 12, 2021 — Cardinal Health today announced that it is selling its Cordis cardiology and endovascular business to ...

March 12, 2021

An example of intra-cardiac echo (ICE) imaging from Siemens Healthineers showing color flow Doppler with severe valve regurgitation. ICE has seen wider use in transcatheter structural heart procedures because, unlike TEE, it can be used without deeper sedation of anesthesia.

Feature | Ultrasound Intra-cardiac Echo (ICE) | By Dave Fornell, Editor

Trends and Advancements in Intra-cardiac Echo Imaging Systems

Intra-cardiac Echocardiography (ICE) uses catheter-based cardiac ultrasound array to image anatomy and devices inside ...

March 11, 2021

The Teleflex Manta large-bore vascular closure device can seal holes between 12 and 25 French.

Feature | Hemostasis Management | Dave Fornell, Editor

Large Bore Closure in Structural Heart Interventions

While many cardiac and vascular procedures have largely moved to minimally invasive techniques, the size of these ...

March 09, 2021

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While the current positive revolution in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) practice has been made possible by the wealth of technological advancements, bringing the necessary tools together in a streamlined workflow has remained a challenge for clinicians

Case Study | Baylor Scott and White Heart Hospital

Contemporary PCI: Utilizing State-of-the-Art Technology to Achieve the Best Outcomes

While the current positive revolution in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) practice has been made possible by the ...

May 05, 2023

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (ACC) Late-breaking clinical trial study presentations at ACC.21. @ACC21 @ACC2021

Feature | ACC | Dave Fornell, Editor

ACC 2021 Late Breaking Cardiology Study Results

The latest cardiology practice-changing scientific breakthrough, late-breaking study presentations have been announced ...

May 18, 2021

The two biggest cardiac device technology stories in February included the Boston Scientific recall of its S-ICD system, and the FDA clearance of the Shockwave intravascular lithotripsy system to break up calcified lesions in the coronary arteries.

Feature | By Dave Fornell, Editor

March 1, 2021 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) ...

March 01, 2021

UK hospU.K. hospital admissions for heart attacks and heart failure were reduced by more than 50 percent in the spring of 2020 and by more than a third in the second wave of COVID-19 as people fear going to hospitals and ignore serious symptoms.ital admissions for heart attacks and heart failure have been reduced by COVID-19 as people fear going to hospitals. Getty Images #COVIDUK #COVID19

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Cardiovascular Admissions Reduced in U.K. During a Second Wave of COVID-19

February 24, 2021 — A study of admissions for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and heart failure (HF) in the U.K ...

February 24, 2021