Catheter

Racial and sex differences exist for patients on hemodialysis regarding time spent on a central venous catheter and the likelihood of transferring to permanent access, according to study results.

Balloon-expandable compared with self-expanding transcatheter aortic valves in patients with native aortic stenosis.

BioCardia announced that the FDA granted clearance to its deflectable guide catheter for delivery of cell therapy to the heart.

Pharmacomechanical catheter-directed thrombolysis improved short-term disease-specific quality of life in patients with proximal deep vein thrombosis, according to new data from the ATTRACT trial.

Having a multidisciplinary team is key to managing patients being considered for transcatheter mitral valve interventions, according to a multisociety expert consensus systems of care document.

The FDA has designated Cook Medical’s product recall of a support catheter as a class 1 recall, the most serious kind. The recall affects 117 devices manufactured and distributed between Aug. 13 and Sept. 19.

The implementation of a novel central-line insertion site assessment score reduced the prevalence of lines with local inflammation or infections, ensured timely response to localized symptoms and reduce central line dwell time at a hospital in California, researchers reported.

The FDA has designated Medtronic’s product recall of a guide catheter as a class 1 recall, the most serious kind. The recall affects 106,298 guide catheters manufactured and distributed between March 10, 2017, and April 4, 2019.

Assessment of the acute performance and safety of a catheter (ThermoCool Smarttouch SF-5D, Biosense Webster) in patients with paroxysmal AF during ablation procedures and standard electrophysiology mapping.

Newborns with the congenital heart defect patent ductus arteriosus face many potential complications such as respiratory failure, acute kidney injury, necrotizing enterocolitis and HF. But closing it has been much easier said than done.