Liquet Medical Inc. announced it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Versus catheter for the treatment of pulmonary ...

The 1-year all-cause mortality rate was 8.0% in patients who received PAC after cardiac surgery vs 11.4% in those who did not. Patients who receive pulmonary artery catheters (PACs) after cardiac ...

What is pulmonary stenosis in children? Pulmonary stenosis is a birth defect of the heart (congenital). It can happen when the pulmonary valve doesn’t grow as it should in a baby during the first 8 ...

Balancing catheter flexibility and stiffness has long vexed device designers and engineers trying to access the human anatomy’s innermost reaches. The solution might be a promising new technology ...

Then a thin, flexible tube (catheter) is put into a blood vessel in the groin and guided to the heart. A heart cath gives very detailed information about the heart. This includes blood pressure and ...

Nosocomial infections related to the development of catheter-related infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among critically ill hospitalized patients. Despite important ...

However, in cases of PH, the walls of the pulmonary artery become stiff, damaged and narrow and the amount of oxygen going ... The most definite test for diagnosing PH, right heart catheterization ...

The first evaluation for subclavian artery occlusive disease should always ... are the potential for embolic complications during catheter manipulation, contrast-induced nephropathy and access ...

The global catheter-directed thrombolysis market is poised for significant growth, with a projected Compound Annual Growth ...

The first known autopsy description of PH was made in 1891 by Dr Ernst von Romberg, a German physician who described a case of sclerosis of the pulmonary artery. In 1929, another German physician, Dr ...

Then, a deflated balloon attached to the catheter is inflated to open up the narrowed artery wall. A stent—an expandable mesh tube-shaped device—is placed, if needed, and left behind as a "scaffold" ...