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Advances in Transesophageal Echo

The development of 3-D transesophageal echo (TEE) just a few years ago has enabled a new generation of interventional procedures to be performed, which otherwise would have been extremely difficult or impossible....

FDA Advisory Committee Supports MitraClip for Patients With Significant Mitral Regurgitation Who Are Too High Risk for Surgery

Abbott announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee has voted by majority (Yes: 5, No: 3) that the benefits of treatment with the MitraClip device outweigh it...

Sapien, PARTNER Trial, 3 year followup
Survival of Sapien High-Risk Patients Equivalent to Surgery at Three Years

The three-year results of a pivotal clinical study comparing the Edwards Sapien transcatheter heart valve and open-heart surgery demonstrated comparable outcomes. These new data from The PARTNER Trial were presented today as a late-breaking clinic...

Lower-Profile Sapien XT Transcatheter Heart Valve Associated With Improved Procedural Outcomes

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation announced that preliminary results from The PARTNER II Trial demonstrated similar one-year outcomes in mortality and major clinical events between the Edwards Sapien XT transcatheter aortic valve and the Edwards SA...

FDA Grants IDE Trial for Sorin Group Perceval S Sutureless...
Sorin Group has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) application and clinical trial protocol...
Philips, TEE, mitral valve
Advances in Transesophageal Echo
The development of 3-D transesophageal echo (TEE) just a few years ago has enabled a new generation of interventional procedures to be performed,...
Live Transmission of TAVR Cases Safety SCAI 2013 Scientific Sessions
VERITAS Trial Confirms Safety of Live Transmission of TAVR...
Live demonstration, transmission or recording of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has been found feasible and safe, even for the typically high-...
Simbionix ANGIO Mentor Structural Heart Simulator Models
Simbionix Releases New Structural Heart Procedure Simulator...
Simbionix USA Corporation is proud to announce the release of various training modules for the ANGIO Mentor endovascular simulator.
Simbionix ANGIO Mentor Structural Heart Simulator Models
Simbionix Offers Structural Heart Procedure Simulator Models
The Simbionix Angio Mentor is a virtual reality-training simulator, providing hands-on practice in a simulated environment for endovascular
V8 Aortic Valvuloplasty Can Be Used in Stand-Alone BAV, TAVR Pre-Dilation
The new V8 Aortic Valvuloplasty Balloon Catheter is designed to be used in stand-alone balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV), and pre-dilation...
FDA Expands Indication for Sapien Transcatheter Valve to High-Risk Patients
Edwards Lifesciences received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat high-risk aortic stenosis...
Corevalve Evolut Promotes Sealing Between Prosthetic Native Valves
The Medtronic CoreValve Evolut 23 mm valve is the latest self-expanding transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) system from...
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Philips, TEE, mitral valve
Advances in Transesophageal Echo
The development of 3-D transesophageal echo (TEE) just a few years ago has enabled a new generation of interventional procedures to be performed,...
Abbot MitraClip
FDA Advisory Committee Supports MitraClip for Patients With...
Abbott announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee has voted by...
Edwards Sapien, PARTNER, 3 year followup
Survival of Sapien High-Risk Patients Equivalent to Surgery...
The three-year results of a pivotal clinical study comparing the Edwards Sapien transcatheter heart valve and open-heart surgery demonstrated comparable...
Edward Structural Heart Valve Repair Clinical Trial Sapien XT Transcatheter
Lower-Profile Sapien XT Transcatheter Heart Valve...
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation announced that preliminary results from The PARTNER II Trial demonstrated similar one-year outcomes in mortality and major...

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The Radial Access Adoption Report Card
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Game-Changing Technologies to Watch in 2013
My job as editor of DAIC is to help readers keep tabs on the latest in cardiovascular technology...
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Innovation Exasperation
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Less is More — Radiation Exposure Reduction in the EP Lab
This webinar focuses on implementation of different strategies to reduce radiation exposure during interventional electrophysiology (EP) procedures. It offers an overview of the current state-of-the-...
Iterative Reconstruction in CT: Understanding and Implementation
Radiation exposure from multidetector CT (MDCT) has become a pressing public health concern in both lay and medical publications. Implementation of iterative reconstruction offers radiologists the...
Healthcare Reform: What’s the Immediate Impact on Cardiovascular IT?
The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) may have significant impact on healthcare providers and their cardiovascular departments. While the ruling will...