July 13, 2020 — Edwards Lifesciences Corp. and Abbott Vascular announced the two companies have reached an agreement to ...
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).
![Three of the most popular cardiovascular technologies to make news in June 2020. Top is the Impella Expandable Cardiac Pump (ECP) that is about to enter U.S. feasibility trials.Bottom left, the Foldax heart valve uses a flexible man-made material for valve leaflets rather than animal pericardium tissue. The hope is this new type of surgical and transcatheter aortic valve replacements (TAVR) device will enhance longevity of the valve leaflets. Bottom right, the SMT Hydra TAVR valve is the first Indian-made s](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/Most%20popular%20device%20content%20June%202020.jpg?itok=3LcTt24K)
July 6, 2020 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) magaz ...
July 1, 2020 — Carag AG announced receiving U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Investigational Device Exemption ...
As medical advancements continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in the field of structural heart ...
June 23, 2020 – Heart valve start-up Foldax is looking to reinventing several aspects of the prosthetic heart valve ...
June 19, 2020 — SMT (Sahajanand Medical Technologies Pvt. Ltd) said it acquired of the structural heart medical device ...
Jay Mohan, D.O., RPVI, interventional cardiology fellow at William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, created this ...
![SMT (Sahajanand Medical Technology Private Ltd.), a leading medical device company of India focused on cardiology, announced it Hydra transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) device received European CE mark approval. It is indicated for the treatment of patients diagnosed with aortic stenosis. #SMT #HYDRA #TAVR](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/SMT_HYDRA_TAVR_Valve_Gains_CE_0.jpg?itok=-ogXGbk7)
June 9, 2020 — SMT (Sahajanand Medical Technology Private Ltd.), a leading medical device company in India focused on ...
June 8, 2020 — Edwards Lifesciences Corp. announced Chinese regulatory approval for the Edwards Sapien 3 transcatheter ...
May 29, 2020 — Neovasc Inc., developer of a minimally invasive transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) ...
Interview with Andrew D. Krahn, M.D., FHRS, head of the division of cardiology at St. Paul’s Hospital, and professor of ...
May 21, 2020 — Two late-breaking clinical trials on trans catheter valves to treat congenital heart disease were ...
May 18, 2020 — The Edwards Lifesciences Corp. Pascal tricuspid transcatheter valve repair (TTVR) system received ...
May 8, 2020 — Positive 12-month results were announced today from the PINNACLE FLX clinical trial assessing the safety ...
May 4, 2020 – The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) has released a position statement on ...
![Key TAVR Takeaways From ACC 2020](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/Edwards_Sapien_3_TAVR_Tufts19_Staff_DF_2.jpg?itok=SMuFHbn7)
Some U.S. centers need improvement in their outcomes was the biggest takeaway from the five transcatheter aortic valve ...