Congenital heart disease contributes to more than 30 percent of infant mortality in the U.S., so time is essential ...
Structural Heart
This structural heart channel includes news, videos, podcasts and other content related to diagnosis and treatment of structural heart disease. Topics covered include heart valve repair and replacement, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR), transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement (TTVR), left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion, heart failure interventional device therapies, and closing holes in the heart using, including occlusion of atrial septal defects (ASDs), ventricular septal defects (VSDs) and patent foramen ovales (PFOs).
The dividing line between the jobs performed by cardiac surgeons and interventionalists will become increasing ...
March 9, 2008 - Biomaterials company SyntheMed Inc. has received FDA approval of its pre-market approval (PMA) ...
As medical advancements continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in the field of structural heart ...
March 6, 2009 - Atritech Inc. will release PROTECT AF trial results on WATCHMAN LAA closure technology comparing ...
March 5, 2009 - Reducing the frequency and severity of disabling migraines is crucial for quality of life and a ...
March 4, 2009 - W. L. Gore & Associates has earned a spot on Fast Company magazine’s 2009 “Fast 50” list of the ...
February 23, 2009 - Medtronic Inc. is acquiring CoreValve Inc., developer of a transcatheter, transfemoral aortic ...
February 20, 2009 - MiCardia Corp. this week announced the worlds’ first dynamic adjustment of the mitral valve ...
February 18, 2009 - The FDA has cleared a new claim for the CryoLife CryoValve SG pulmonary human heart valve ...
Recent developments in cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology with new percutaneous alternatives for ...
February 10, 2009 - On Jan. 21, 2009, Irvin Lafferty, who suffered with severe blockage of his heart valve ...
February 5, 2009 - AGA Medical Corp. last week said following its previous favorable structural heart occluder ...
February 2, 2009 - Cardiac Dimensions Inc. today said it received the CE Mark approval for its CARILLON Mitral ...
February 3, 2009 - Cerenis Therapeutics SA, a privately held pharmaceutical company developing HDL-related ...
February 2, 2009 - A new multi-center study of 39,821 newborns published in the January 2009 issue of the British ...