Philips released a new version of its iFR system that displays hemodynamic pressure drop points in an overlay on live angiographic images, matching up the iFR readings with corresponding lesions. The system is supposed to speed diagnostic decision making and help guide percutaneous revascularization procedures.
Feature | FFR Technologies| July 31, 2017 | Dave Fornell
The gold standard for assessing the hemodynamic significance of coronary lesions to determine if they should be revas
Sponsored Content | Videos | TCT| November 18, 2016
DAIC Editor Dave Fornell takes a video tour of some of the most innovative new interventional cardiology technologies
The Medtronic TurboHawk atherectomy system.
Feature | Atherectomy Devices| August 18, 2016 | Dave Fornell
Due to poor outcomes from percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) ballooning of vessels alone, or of stenting in
A comparison of how the Abbott Absorb BVS appears with intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) on the left, and optical coherence tomography (OCT) of the right. The stent is difficult to visualize and sizing is critical, so both modalities can help in bioresorbable stent measurements and to confirm stent apposition. Left image from the Volcano IVUS system and the right image from St. Jude Medical's OCT system.
Feature | Stents Bioresorbable| July 21, 2016 | Alphonse Ambrosia, D.O.
Some have labeled bioresorbable scaffolds (BRS), also known as bioresorbable stents, as the fourth evolution of inter
A 3-D OCT rendering of a stented vessel segment created on St. Jude Medical's Ilumien Optis OCT system.
Feature | Angiography| July 15, 2016 | Dave Fornell
While angiographic X-ray fluoroscopy systems are the workhorse for transcatheter cardiovascular interventional proced
Philips announced that new clinical trial data demonstrates the benefits of its intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)...
Sponsored Content | Videos | TCT| November 05, 2015
Tom Watson, clinical analyst for MDBuyLine, and DAIC Dave Fornell discuss some of the technology trends at the 2015 T
Sponsored Content | Videos | Intravascular Imaging| October 30, 2015
Ziad Ali, M.D., associate director of translational medicine, Columbia University Medical Center / New York-Presbyte
An OCT 3-D reconstructed image of a coronary vessel cutaway showing a stent and bifurcating vessels.
Feature | Intravascular Imaging| July 02, 2015 | Dave Fornell
Angiography alone for procedural image guidance in the catheterization lab is sometimes not enough, and it is helpful...
Opsens' new FFR system is the most recent to enter the market, having gained FDA clearance in June.
Feature | FFR Technologies| July 01, 2015 | Dave Fornell
Key to ongoing U.S. healthcare reform are efforts to reduce costs by eliminating unnecessary medical procedures and...
