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).
News | Stents Drug Eluting | October 16, 2020
October 16, 2020 – Results from the XIENCE 90/28 clinical trials have shown that a shorter course of dual-antiplatelet...
News | Hemodynamic Support Devices | October 16, 2020
October 16, 2020 — The Restore EF Study demonstrates the use of contemporary best practices, including attempting a...
News | Heart Valve Technology | October 15, 2020
October 15, 2020 – The REFLECT II randomized clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of the Keystone Heart...
News | FFR Technologies | October 15, 2020
October 15, 2020 — The one-year results of the late-breaking DEFINE PCI study showed patients had improved outcomes and...
Feature | Heart Valve Technology | October 15, 2020
October 15, 2020 – The SCOPE II trial comparing the Boston Scientific Acurate neo vs. Medtronic CoreValve Evolut TAVR...
News | Heart Valve Technology | October 15, 2020
October 15, 2020 – The MITHRAS randomized clinical trial found that interventional closure of an iatrogenic atrial...
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | October 14, 2020
October 14, 2020 — American College of Cardiology (ACC) Quality Summit virtual meeting Oct. 8-9, 2020, featured several...
News | TCT | October 14, 2020
October 14, 2020 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) are...

Medtronic is starting a randomized, head-to-head study comparing the Medtronic CoreValve Evolut Pro and Pro+TAVR Systems against the balloon-expandable Edwards Sapien 3 and Sapien 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valvestwo transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) systems in patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis (ssAS).
News | Heart Valve Technology | October 14, 2020
October 14, 2020 — Medtronic announced it is starting a randomized, head-to-head study comparing two transcatheter...
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | October 14, 2020
October 14, 2020 – The first outcomes data from the North American COVID-19 ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction...
Feature | October 09, 2020 | Udi Nussinovitch M.D., Ph.D.
This is an overview of some of the biggest cardiology technology advances. These innovations are covered in more detail...
Videos | Radial Access | October 07, 2020
Jordan G. Safirstein, M.D., FACC, FSCAI, director of transradial catheterization for Atlantic Health System’s...
News | VIVA | October 05, 2020
October 5, 2020 — The Vascular Interventional Advances (VIVA) virtual conference will feature 10 late-breaking clinical...
News | Heart Valve Technology | October 02, 2020
October 2, 2020 — Cardiac Dimensions announced the company has closed a $17.5 million Series C financing that will be...
Videos | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders | October 02, 2020
Horst Sievert, M.D., is the director of the Cardiovascular Center Frankfurt, and associate professor of internal...