Also called an implanted port, port-a-cath or medi-port, a chemo port has two parts: the port and the catheter. The port is a quarter-sized plastic or metal disc. (If you have the metal kind, don ...

Chemotherapy is a common treatment following a breast cancer diagnosis. It may involve insertion of a port-a-catheter, or “port.” Here are five things to know about ports.

Imperative Care’s method places a narrower Zoom catheter within its large-bore, 0.88-inch system. This allows the clot to be pulled back into the wider opening so it can be captured and ...

A port can make intravenous chemotherapy easier on patients. Right after my stage 3 colon cancer diagnosis, something seemed odd: I was advised to have an immediate, voluntary surgery in order to get ...

NEWARK, Del, Sept. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global dual balloon angioplasty catheter market is projected to exhibit steady growth with a CAGR of 3.2% and a valuation touching US$ 199.8 ...

Medtronic announced the FDA approval of its mapping and dual-energy catheter ablation system for the treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation and radiofrequency ablation of cavotricuspid ...

Patients and Methods: Between July 1999 and August 2001, 95 cancer patients were evaluated. Forty-one patients (43%) had liver metastases. Seventy-nine patients (83%) had a Groshong CVC (Bard Access ...

Coronary CT performed on a dual-source CT scanner demonstrated a highly positive and negative predictive value in determining significant coronary artery disease, study results suggested. The ...