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Injectable Angioplasty Balloon Catheter Transforms Peripheral Procedures, Users Report Reduced Equipment and Contrast Needs

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(Photo: Business Wire milla1cf Thu, 01/18/2024 - 14:05 January 18, 2024 — Summa Therapeutics, LLC announced that the first-in-man injectable angioplasty procedures for patients with below-knee peripheral arterial disease (PAD) were performed successfully using its Finesse Injectable balloon catheter platform. most due to circulation issues.

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DAIC's Top 10 for April

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Clinical trials and innovative technology took center stage during the month of April, racking up some record number views. Around 10% of Deaths from Coronary Stenting, Balloon Angioplasty are Preventable 9. Here is a look at what DAIC viewers were reading last month: 1. EMPACT-MI Trial Outcomes Reported at ACC.24:

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El Camino Health Cardiologist Earns International Award for Achievements in Advancing Cardiovascular Field

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Andreas Grüntzig was a German cardiologist best known for being the first to develop successful balloon angioplasty for expanding lumens of narrowed arteries. It’s a celebration of the amazing innovation that has occurred in structural heart disease therapy over the last 20 years and I’m proud to be part of it.

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Simpson Interventions Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for Acolyte Image Guided Crossing and Re-Entry Catheter System

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If a physician fails to cross a CTO, minimally invasive revascularization options such as angioplasty and stent placement cannot be performed. We are committed to advancing the field of interventional cardiology and improving patient outcomes through innovation." Hence, in the US, many CTO patients are instead sent for bypass surgery.

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Heart Hospital of New Mexico at Lovelace Medical Center and GE HealthCare Collaborate to Install the First Allia IGS Pulse Electrophysiology Lab in the United States for Minimally Invasive Cardiovascular Procedures

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HHNM will use the Allia IGS Pulse system in its cardiac electrophysiology (EP) lab to plan, guide and monitor the outcomes of electrophysiological procedures, such as cardiac ablations, cardiac catherizations, transcatheter aortic valve replacements, balloon and coronary angioplasties and more. It’s an honor to have the U.S.’s

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How to Create National Registry Reports with SoftCath Software?

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The national registry reports play a vital role in collecting the data so that new methods can be innovated for the treatment of growing diseases. Source: Softcath.com Describing the Options All: This option lets users select common items in both angioplasty and angiography details. Users can view charts and reports for the same.

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How to Build Smart Cath Labs in 2022?

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Discussing further, Catheterization Laboratory, also called Cath Lab, is a medical examination room where angiogram, angioplasty, ablation, and implantation of pacemaker are carried out. Augmenting Soft Tissue Visualisation The Cath labs face some issues that innovators find challenging to resolve.