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, hypertensionheart failure and percutenous coronary interventions (PCI).

A comparison of CT image of heavily calcified coronary arteries that appear to present a significant hemodynamic blockages and the correspending FFR-CT showing the patient had adequate blood flow and does not need a diagnostic angiogram or intervention.
Feature | CT Angiography (CTA) | Dave Fornell, Editor

The use of non-invasive fractional flow reserve CT (FFR-CT) was the hottest topic discussed at the Society of ...

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News | Embolic Protection Devices

July 20, 2018 — Boston Scientific Corp. today has signed an agreement to acquire Claret Medical Inc., which has ...

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Videos | CT Angiography (CTA)

Kavitha Chinnaiyan, M.D., FACC, FSCCT, associate professor, Oakland University, William Beaumont School of Medicine ...

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News | Atherectomy Devices

July 18, 2018 — Avinger Inc. announced in June that several physicians have successfully treated over 40 patients for pe ...

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Technology | Heart Valve Technology

July 18, 2018 — Abbott announced it received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a next ...

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Videos | Heart Valve Technology

Jonathon Leipsic, M.D., FSCCT, professor of radiology and cardiology at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver ...

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Videos | Computed Tomography (CT)

An interview with Patrick Serruys, M.D., Ph.D., Imperial College London, principal investigator of the SYNTAX III Trial ...

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News | Stent Grafts

July 16, 2018 — Endologix Inc. announced one-year results from the LUCY (Evaluation of FemaLes who are Underrepresented ...

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News | Intra-Vascular Ultrasound (IVUS)

July 12, 2018 — Intact Vascular Inc. announced the publication of the iDissection Classification trial results in the ...

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News | FFR Technologies

July 12, 2018 — CathWorks announced the approval of a new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code 0523T for non ...

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Videos | Heart Valve Technology

Ori Ben-Yehuda, M.D., executive director of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation Clinical Trial Center, discusses the ...

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Blog | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

I attended the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) 2018 meeting in June and have the following takeaways on ...

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Two versions of the Abiomed Impella percutaneous ventricular assist device being shown at ACC 2018. Impella is the only device currently cleared by the FDA for use in cardiogenic shock.
Feature | Hemodynamic Support Devices | Emmanouil S. Brilakis, M.D., Ph.D., FSCAI and Srihari S. Naidu, M.D., FSCAI
Cardiogenic shock (CS) is a low-cardiac-output state resulting in life-threatening end-organ hypoperfusion and hypoxia ...
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Videos | Heart Valve Technology

Rebecca Hahn, M.D., professor of medicine and director of interventional echocardiography, Columbia University Medical ...

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News | Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)

July 2, 2018 — The PQ Bypass Detour System showed promising 12-month durability for patients with extremely long ...

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