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Volume 29 - Issue 12 - December 2021

Cath Lab Spotlight
Cath Lab Spotlight: St. Luke’s Monroe Interventional Radiology and Cardiac Cath Lab
12/05/2021
Jeannine Leager; Jon C. George, MD, MBA
Jon C. George MD, MBA; Jeannine Leager, RT(R)(VI), Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Jon C. George MD, MBA; Jeannine Leager, RT(R)(VI), Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Jon C. George MD, MBA; Jeannine...
12/05/2021
Cath Lab Digest
TAVR
Door-to-Valve Time of 120 Minutes for Severe Aortic Insufficiency and Cardiogenic Shock in ACS
12/05/2021
Talhat Azemi, MD; Immad Sadiq, MD; Muhammad Umair Bakhsh, MD; Faraz Kazmi, MD; Dalvir Gill, MD
Our case demonstrates the feasibility of emergent TAVR combined with left main (LM) bifurcation percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) within 2 hours of hospital presentation for ACS and chronic bioprosthetic aortic insufficiency of a...
Our case demonstrates the feasibility of emergent TAVR combined with left main (LM) bifurcation percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) within 2 hours of hospital presentation for ACS and chronic bioprosthetic aortic insufficiency of a...
Our case demonstrates the...
12/05/2021
Cath Lab Digest
Calcium Corner
Coronary Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL): Research Roundup at TCT With Drs. Dean Kereiakes, Ziad Ali, Akiko Maehara, and Yasin Hussain
12/05/2021
Ziad A. Ali, MD, DPhil; Akiko Maehara, MD; Dean J. Kereiakes, MD, FACC, MSCAI; Yasin Hussain, MD
Following its presentation at TCT21 in a featured clinical research session, Disrupt CAD III co-principal investigator, Dean Kereiakes, MD, Medical Director of The Christ Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and the Christ Hospital Research...
Following its presentation at TCT21 in a featured clinical research session, Disrupt CAD III co-principal investigator, Dean Kereiakes, MD, Medical Director of The Christ Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and the Christ Hospital Research...
Following its presentation at...
12/05/2021
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Program Success: Expert Advice
Worried About Revenue and Growth? It’s Only Going to Get Harder
12/05/2021
Ryan Graver
In this month’s article, we are calling on the expertise and experiences of our own divisional leader, Ryan Graver, Divisional Vice President for Terumo Health Outcomes. Ryan has a wealth of experience in healthcare and the associated...
In this month’s article, we are calling on the expertise and experiences of our own divisional leader, Ryan Graver, Divisional Vice President for Terumo Health Outcomes. Ryan has a wealth of experience in healthcare and the associated...
In this month’s article, we are...
12/05/2021
Cath Lab Digest
Suggested Technique
Guidewire Anchor Through Protruding Stent Technique and Neo-Stent Channel Formation
12/05/2021
Andrii Maryniak, MD; Tomasz P. Stys, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Filip Oleszak; Adam T. Stys, MD, FACC
A 76-year-old male presented with sudden onset nocturnal angina. Past medical history included hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
A 76-year-old male presented with sudden onset nocturnal angina. Past medical history included hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
A 76-year-old male presented...
12/05/2021
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
Left Ventricular Apical Aneurysm: Always Ischemic Heart Disease?
12/05/2021
Ulises Torres, MD; Neisser Morales, MD
Apical aneurysm is a common complication of acute ischemic heart disease; however, there are many other causes, including infectious causes. Chagas’ disease should be considered as a differential diagnosis when an ischemic cause is not clear....
Apical aneurysm is a common complication of acute ischemic heart disease; however, there are many other causes, including infectious causes. Chagas’ disease should be considered as a differential diagnosis when an ischemic cause is not clear....
Apical aneurysm is a common...
12/05/2021
Cath Lab Digest
Suggested Technique
Mother-and-Child Technique for Aortic Stenosis
12/05/2021
Stanley Katz, MD, FACC; Lindsey Tereso, BS, RN, CEN-CMC, CVRN-BC II; Mary Cecelia Bush, BA, BS, RT(R)(M), RCIS
Earlier this year, when the Langston catheter (Teleflex) became unavailable due to a recall,1 those of us who love hemodynamics were left to figure out the best way to obtain invasive hemodynamic measurements for aortic stenosis.
Earlier this year, when the Langston catheter (Teleflex) became unavailable due to a recall,1 those of us who love hemodynamics were left to figure out the best way to obtain invasive hemodynamic measurements for aortic stenosis.
Earlier this year, when the...
12/05/2021
Cath Lab Digest
Suggested Technique
Simultaneous Left Ventricle and Aortic Pressure Measurements Using a Swan-Ganz Catheter: Measuring the Transvalvular Pressure Gradient Across the Aortic Valve Using a Single Arterial Access
12/05/2021
Omar Al-Taweel, MD; Ahmad Al-Taweel, MD; Jimmy Diep, MD; Dalia Hawwass, MD; Ahsan Chowdhury, MD
Determination of a transvalvular pressure gradient for measurement of aortic valve area has always been challenging. Despite advancements in cardiac imaging technology over the past 50 years, invasive hemodynamics remains the gold standard...
Determination of a transvalvular pressure gradient for measurement of aortic valve area has always been challenging. Despite advancements in cardiac imaging technology over the past 50 years, invasive hemodynamics remains the gold standard...
Determination of a transvalvular...
12/05/2021
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
Should Diagnostic-Only Operators Continue? Retool or Retire Redux
12/05/2021
Mitchell W. Krucoff, MD; Samuel M. Butman, MD; Jeffrey Marshall; Gurpreet S. Sandhu, MD, PhD; Carl L. Tommaso, MD; Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA; J. Dawn Abbott, MD; David J. Cohen, MD, MPH, MSc; Bonnie H. Weiner, MD, MBA, FSCAI, FACC
An interventionist in the southeastern United States asked me this question at TCT. The issue is quite an old one, but still relevant and perhaps more so now with the proliferation of fractional flow reserve (FFR), instantaneous wave-free...
An interventionist in the southeastern United States asked me this question at TCT. The issue is quite an old one, but still relevant and perhaps more so now with the proliferation of fractional flow reserve (FFR), instantaneous wave-free...
An interventionist in the...
12/05/2021
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Endovascular Devices
Thrombolex, Inc. Secures $50 Million Series A Growth Financing to Advance Commercialization of its Innovative Pharmaco-Mechanical Lysis Technology (PML)
03/19/2026
New Britain, PA, March 16, 2026 – Thrombolex, Inc., a commercial-stage medical device company advancing a differentiated pharmaco-mechanical lysis (PML) platform for the treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE) and other thromboembolic diseases,...
New Britain, PA, March 16, 2026 – Thrombolex, Inc., a commercial-stage medical device company advancing a differentiated pharmaco-mechanical lysis (PML) platform for the treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE) and other thromboembolic diseases,...
New Britain, PA, March 16, 2026...
03/19/2026
Vascular Disease Management
Neurovascular acquisitions
Medtronic to Acquire Scientia Vascular, Marrying Access and Therapeutic Portfolios for Neurovascular Care
03/11/2026
Scientia's novel access platform is designed to improve navigability through complex anatomy and simplify neurovascular procedures. By enabling faster and more reliable access, these technologies improve procedural efficiency.
Scientia's novel access platform is designed to improve navigability through complex anatomy and simplify neurovascular procedures. By enabling faster and more reliable access, these technologies improve procedural efficiency.
Scientia's novel access platform...
03/11/2026
Cath Lab Digest
EggNest (Egg Medical)
Clinical Trial Update
Egg Medical Presents CRT 2026 Data Demonstrating a Responsible Path to Light Lead and Lead-Apron Free Protection
03/10/2026
"By using the EggNest system, we can provide the entire team with protection that is superior to the status quo, by either going apron-free, or while wearing aprons that feel like a light vest," said Santiago Garcia, MD, the study’s lead...
"By using the EggNest system, we can provide the entire team with protection that is superior to the status quo, by either going apron-free, or while wearing aprons that feel like a light vest," said Santiago Garcia, MD, the study’s lead...
"By using the EggNest system, we...
03/10/2026
EP Lab Digest
CathWorks FFRangio
Fractional Flow Reserve
Late-Breaking Trial: U.S. Cohort of 4,000+ CathWorks FFRangio Patients Shows 2-Year Outcomes Comparable to Pressure Wire–Guided PCI
03/08/2026
"This first look at contemporary data of the growing adoption of angiography-derived physiology (ADP) in the U.S. shows similar clinical outcomes including death, MI and revascularization through 2 years when compared with invasive pressure...
"This first look at contemporary data of the growing adoption of angiography-derived physiology (ADP) in the U.S. shows similar clinical outcomes including death, MI and revascularization through 2 years when compared with invasive pressure...
"This first look at contemporary...
03/08/2026
Cath Lab Digest
Heart Failure
BioCardia Late Breaking Echocardiography Clinical Results from CardiAMP HF Trial Presented at Technology and Heart Failure Therapeutics (THT)
03/04/2026
Dr. Amish Raval reported that patients receiving the autologous CardiAMP cell therapy under investigation demonstrated positive evidence of decreased pathological left ventricular remodeling over time compared to patients not receiving the...
Dr. Amish Raval reported that patients receiving the autologous CardiAMP cell therapy under investigation demonstrated positive evidence of decreased pathological left ventricular remodeling over time compared to patients not receiving the...
Dr. Amish Raval reported that...
03/04/2026
Cath Lab Digest
Heart Failure
Relief Cardiovascular Reports Positive First-in-Human Data for Device-Based Decongestion Therapy in Heart Failure Patients
03/04/2026
"The RELIEF-FIH study provides encouraging early evidence on a novel approach to HF congestion management," stated Dr. Alex Rothman. "By targeting the negative physiological cardiorenal loop, the Relief System modulates venous congestion in...
"The RELIEF-FIH study provides encouraging early evidence on a novel approach to HF congestion management," stated Dr. Alex Rothman. "By targeting the negative physiological cardiorenal loop, the Relief System modulates venous congestion in...
"The RELIEF-FIH study provides...
03/04/2026
Cath Lab Digest
Amputation Prevention
Researchers Develop New Oxygen-Delivering Gel Designed to Help Wounds Heal Before They Progress to Limb Loss
02/23/2026
A wound that remains open for longer than a month is classified as chronic. Worldwide, about 12 million people experience chronic wounds each year, including roughly 4.5 million in the United States. Approximately one in five of these...
A wound that remains open for longer than a month is classified as chronic. Worldwide, about 12 million people experience chronic wounds each year, including roughly 4.5 million in the United States. Approximately one in five of these...
A wound that remains open for...
02/23/2026
Cath Lab Digest
Nutrition
People Whose Sugar Intake Was Restricted Before Birth and In Early Childhood Had Markedly Lower Rates of Heart Disease Later In Life 
02/23/2026
Limiting sugar consumption during early childhood may reduce the risk of serious heart problems later in life. A study published in The BMJ, based on data from the end of sugar rationing in the United Kingdom in 1953, found that people...
Limiting sugar consumption during early childhood may reduce the risk of serious heart problems later in life. A study published in The BMJ, based on data from the end of sugar rationing in the United Kingdom in 1953, found that people...
Limiting sugar consumption...
02/23/2026
Cath Lab Digest
VentiV Mechanical Thrombectomy system illustration
Thrombectomy
FDA Clearance for VentiV Mechanical Thrombectomy System Brings New “Pulse” Platform to Peripheral Clot Removal
02/23/2026
SALT LAKE CITY, UT  — VentiV Scientific announced the FDA clearance of VentiV Mechanical Thrombectomy system to remove blood clots from the peripheral vasculature including the new VentiV Pulse platform. Blood clot removal...
SALT LAKE CITY, UT  — VentiV Scientific announced the FDA clearance of VentiV Mechanical Thrombectomy system to remove blood clots from the peripheral vasculature including the new VentiV Pulse platform. Blood clot removal...
SALT LAKE CITY, UT ...
02/23/2026
Cath Lab Digest
Acute Coronary Syndromes
Acute Coronary Events Registry Provides Insights Into Sex-Specific Differences
02/20/2026
Munich, Germany – Preliminary results from an Italian registry describe the risk profile of women experiencing acute coronary syndromes and provide insights to improve management.1 These findings were presented today at the EAPCI Summit 2026,...
Munich, Germany – Preliminary results from an Italian registry describe the risk profile of women experiencing acute coronary syndromes and provide insights to improve management.1 These findings were presented today at the EAPCI Summit 2026,...
Munich, Germany – Preliminary...
02/20/2026
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