June 8, 2020 – BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) launched the Halo One Thin-Walled Guiding Sheath, designed to perform as both a guiding sheath and an...
Vascular Access
This channel includes news and new technology innovations for vascular access, both venous and arterial access, for percutaneous, transcatheter, interventional devices. In cath lab procedures, an introducer sheath needs to be inserted into the vessel to allow access of guidewires, catheters and devices into the body. Introducer sheaths are self-sealing to serve a stop cock to prevent blood from leaving the body during procedures. There are various access sites that can be accessed, most commonly femoral or radial access, but also the ulnar, axillary and tibiopedal vasciular access routes There are several complications that can occur at the access site and technologies have been developed to reduce these issues, especially with the most common bleeding complications.
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Transradial access for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the United States has grown rapidly over the past 20 years to between 40-50 percent of PCI cases today.
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February 3, 2020 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) magazine website from the month of January 2020.
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Interest in distal radial artery access (DRA) is growing rapidly.
The Surfacer System is designed to reliably, efficiently and repeatedly gain central venous access by inserting the Surfacer System through the right femoral vein and navigating it up through the patient’s venous system with an exit point in the right internal jugular vein, the optimal location for placing a central venous catheter.
News | EP Lab | May 06, 2021
May 6, 2021 - Bluegrass Vascular Technologies announced the publication of a report documenting the clinical utility of...
News | Hemostasis Management | February 08, 2021
February 8, 2021 — Teleflex Inc. said it recently completed its acquisition of Z-Medica LLC, an industry-leading...
The Morristown Medical Center radial lounge uses recliner chairs rather than hospital beds for patients recovering from cath lab procedures using transradial access. The vascular access technique allows patients to immediately walk off the cath lab table following a procedure and they can use the bathroom and walk around during recovery. This is rapidly becoming the preferred access route in cath labs as opposed to the long-used standard of care of femoral artery access in the groin, which required hours of being immobilized in a hospital bed after the procedure, an usually an overnight stay at the hospital.
News | Radial Access | August 25, 2020
August 25, 2020 – Atlantic Health System’s Morristown Medical Center has opened one of the region’s first radial...
At Mayo, they have a small, tableside-mounted ultrasound console in the cath labs that is used for both radial and femoral vascular access. Table set up with the patient includes a sterile marker, a hemostat for marking the lower edge of the femoral head using fluoroscopy, a micropunture needle and a still micropunture sheath. Photo and slides courtesy of Yader Sandoval, M.D.
Feature | Vascular Access | June 10, 2020 | Dave Fornell, Editor
Vascular access site bleeding is associated with higher complications and mortality rates. For decades femoral access...
News | Vascular Access | June 08, 2020
June 8, 2020 – BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) launched the Halo One Thin-Walled Guiding Sheath, designed to perform...
Feature | Radial Access | February 14, 2020 | Dave Fornell, Editor
Transradial access for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the United States has grown rapidly over the past 20...
The Abbott Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system, left, became the first TMVR device to gain commercial regulatory clearance in the world. It gains European CE mark in January. Another top story in January was the first use of the Robocath R-One robotic cath lab catheter guidance system in Germany. Watch a VIDEO of the system in use in one of those cases.
News | February 03, 2020 | Dave Fornell, Editor
February 3, 2020 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC)...
The three sites most often used for distal radial artery access are the (1) anatomic snuffbox above the scaphoid (left), (2) adjacent to the snuffbox at the trapezium bone (center), and (3) the first intermetacarpal space (right). The author’s preference is either of the first two options, although good outcomes have been reported with use of the intermetacarpal space.
Feature | Radial Access | November 21, 2019 | Enrique Flores, M.D., RPVI
Interest in distal radial artery access (DRA) is growing rapidly. Among the benefits of DRA are the low risk of entry...
The Saranas Early Bird Bleed Monitoring System offers real-time detection and monitoring of transcatheter intervention vascular access site bleed complications.
News | Vascular Access | November 07, 2019
November 6, 2019 — Saranas Inc. announced completion of the first U.S. commercial case using its Early Bird Bleed...
Videos | Radial Access | October 22, 2019
Sunil Rao, M.D., chief of cardiology, Durham VA Health System and a professor at Duke University, and Prashant Kaul, M....
Technology | Vascular Access | September 03, 2019
September 3, 2019 — New Zealand-based Adept Medical announced the launch of the Antegrade IR Platform. Clinically...
Figure 1. Examples of expected smooth (left) and dislodged (right) fairing tip. Image courtesy of FDA.
News | Vascular Access | May 31, 2019
May 31, 2019 — Terumo Medical Corp. is recalling the SoloPath Balloon Expandable TransFemoral System and Re-Collapsible...
Acutus Medical's acquisition of Rhythm Xience brings the Flextra steerable introducer sheath into Acutus Medical's product portfolio.
News | EP Mapping and Imaging Systems | May 17, 2019
May 17, 2019 — At the 40th annual Heart Rhythm Scientific Sessions, May 8-11 in San Francisco, Acutus Medical announced...
Technology | Radial Access | May 15, 2019
May 15, 2019 — Cordis, a Cardinal Health company, recently announced the full U.S. launch of its Radial 360 portfolio,...
Ferdinand Kiemeneij, M.D., explains the history of the transradial access during an interview with DAIC at TCT 2017.
Feature | Radial Access | February 22, 2018 | Dave Fornell
Interventional cardiology has witnessed a rapid and constant evolution in both techniques and device technology since...
