June 6, 2018 — Maquet Datascope Corp. said it is recalling the CardioSave Hybrid Intra-aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)...
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).
The touchscreen Maquet Datascope CardioSave Hybrid Intra-aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) system console.
News | Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps (IABP) | June 06, 2018
Feature | Angiography | June 06, 2018 | Dave Fornell, Editor
June 6, 2018 — Here is a checklist of dose-sparing practices for angiographic X-ray imaging used in the cath lab....
An example of a real-time patient radiation dose tracking system available for Canon's angiography imaging system. Systems like this can show cumulative dose to the patient's skin as a reminder to rotate the C-arm to new positions to prevent burns during long procedures. These types of systems also can help track patient dose and the location of that dose to be included as part of their electronic patient record. This data also enables quality assurance assessments.
Feature | Radiation Dose Management | June 01, 2018 | Dave Fornell, Editor
A new consensus document on how to mitigate radiation exposure in cardiac imaging for both patients and staff was...
News | Heart Valve Technology | June 01, 2018
June 1, 2018 – Use of the Abbott Portico transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) therapy was associated with...
A severe radiation burn caused by extended X-ray angiography in the same location during an interventional procedure in the cath lab. Controlling cath lab radiation dose was a big topic this past month, with three articles on this subject making the top 20 list. This image is a figure included in the new joint cardiology society consensus document on radiation from medical imaging from the third story on this list.
Feature | June 01, 2018 | Dave Fornell, Editor
June 1, 2018 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC)...
News | Renal Denervation | May 30, 2018
May 31, 2018 – ReCor Medical announced that the RADIANCE-HTN SOLO...
Image courtesy of Hexacath
News | Stents Drug Eluting | May 31, 2018
May 31, 2018 – Late-breaking...
News | Stents Drug Eluting | May 31, 2018
May 31, 2018 — Two-year outcome data from the BIO-RESORT randomized controlled trial were presented in a late-...
An example of an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) from Maquet.
Feature | Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps (IABP) | May 31, 2018
May 31, 2018 — The results from the Survival Improvement in Extensive Myocardial Infarction with PERsistent Ischemia...
An example of renal denervation therapy being delivered. A catheter is inserted into the renal artery to ablate the nerves in the vessel wall that regulate vasoconstriction. This leaves the vessel permanently in the widest open position to allow greater blood flow to the kidneys.
Feature | Renal Denervation | May 30, 2018
May 30, 2018 — Despite the best efforts of clinicians to manage hypertension, it continues to increase and is now...
News | Cath Lab | May 30, 2018
May 30, 2018 — Shockwave Medical recently announced the European commercial availability of...
News | Cath Lab | May 29, 2018
May 29, 2018 — Ongoing controversy exists regarding the role of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for stable...
News | FFR Technologies | May 29, 2018
May 29, 2018 — The first placebo-controlled trial that looked at how fractional flow reserve (FFR) and instantaneous...
Feature | EuroPCR | May 31, 2018
Here are the late-breaking trials and other key study presentations from the 2018 EuroPCR conference. This is the...
