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).

Feature | Dave Fornell

The FDA’s approval of the Melody valve is widely viewed as a positive sign that may help other transcatheter ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

The FDA recently gave market clearance for Medtronic’s Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve, the first ...

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March 2, 2010 — A new transcatheter valve and delivery systems has received European market clearance.


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March 2, 2010 — A surgical valve has earned the European market clearance nod, marking the manufacturer's launch ...

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February 11, 2010 — An appeals court in Germany found the CoreValve transcatheter aortic valve system does not ...

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Jan. 25, 2010 —  The first commercial implants of the ATS 3f Enable Aortic Bioprosthesis were recently performed ...

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January 25, 2010 - In a significant development in treating congenital heart disease, the Medtronic Melody ...

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January 25, 2010 – First-in-man procedures and a feasibility study in Europe were recently initiated for a new ...

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January 21, 2010 – The Federal Patent Court in Munich, Germany upheld the validity of Edward Lifesciences' patent ...

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January 19, 2010 – A new simulator released today provides physicians with an opportunity to practice ...

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January 13, 2010 – Transcatheter heart valve development company CardiAQ Valve Technologies (CVT) closed a $6.5 ...

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January 5, 2010 – St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, Canada recently was the first to use the Embrella Embolic ...

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December 10, 2009 – An exclusive license agreement between On-X Life Technologies and the Cleveland Clinic will ...

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November 21, 2009 — A drug used to treat erectile dysfunction may improve heart function in children and young ...

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Feature | Stephanie LaBelle, senior analyst, Millennium Research Group

In recent years, the U.S. cardiac device market has focused on dynamics in the drug-eluting stent (DES) segment – ...

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