Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA granted a new indication to a cryoballoon ablation catheter that allows it to be used as a first-line ...

Using two central venous catheters on one patient at the same time can significantly increase the risk of developing a central line-associated bloodstream infection, according to a study published ...

Catheters are an invaluable way of delivering life-saving drugs and nutrition directly to the blood vessels near the heart, but guiding the devices through veins can be tricky. A doctor in Boston is ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Responding to increased demand for technology to help prevent potentially fatal catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs), Cook Medical has expanded its ...

The so-called pinch-off syndrome is observed in up to 1% of all central venous catheters (CVCs), and is a valuable warning prior to fragmentation, which occurs in approximately 40% of the respective ...

Acquisition Further Strengthens MAQUET's Suite of Products for Extracorporeal Life Support RASTATT, GERMANY and RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, Calif. -- MAQUET Cardiopulmonary, a business unit of MAQUET ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - B. Braun Medical has acquired a line of devices that secure catheters from Starboard Medical Inc. Bethlehem-based B. Braun, a maker of products that include intravenous therapy, drug ...

Baby GB is a 970 g, 29 weeks of gestation infant, who received a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) for total parenteral nutrition. A #26-G polyurethane catheter was inserted on day seven ...

Medtronic unveiled three new additions to its coronary portfolio Monday—a transradial diagnostic catheter and accompanying transradial devices to facilitate the treatment of coronary artery disease ...

Ventricular tachycardia arises from an abnormal electrical focus or circuit in the myocardium of the ventricle and is usually manifested as a tachyarrhythmia with a wide QRS complex on ...