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).

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September 15, 2010 – Results from the PARTNER Trial Cohort B will be presented at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 23 ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

September 14, 2010 – Transcatheter valves, drug-eluting balloons and the latest stent comparison trial data are ...

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Feature | John Kao, M.D., FACC and Anupama Shivaraju, M.D.

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia and is a major risk factor for developing ...

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September 7, 2010 – European CE mark approval was granted for a new Medtronic CoreValve delivery system with ...

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August 25, 2010 – Alleging infringement of a patent for its transcatheter cardiac septal occluder devices, AGA ...

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August 25, 2010 – There will be special tracks available for nurses and technologists and for the transcatheter ...

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August 19, 2010 – The 12-month follow-up results from the TITAN trial of the Carillon Mitral Contour System will ...

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August 12, 2010 – A 52-year-old male heart failure patient in Krakow, Poland, became the first human to receive ...

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August 11, 2010 – New sizes of the SoloPath TransFemoral Endovascular Access Catheter were recently cleared by ...

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August 9, 2010 – A merger is being finalized between Medtronic and cardiac surgery device maker ATS Medical. The ...

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In addition to the FDA-cleared Gore Helex and the AGA Amplatzer transcatheter devices for atrial septal defects ...

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The Amplatzer transcatheter occluder can help seal holes in heart.
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(This article was updated with new information in June 2016)  Transcatheter structural heart repair devices ...

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July 20, 2010 — A $5 million loan was granted for the development of a new percutaneous mitral valve repair device ...

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July 9, 2010 – W. L. Gore and Associates announced today that they are confident in the design and anticipated ...

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June 28, 2010 – AGA Medical has been denied the right to appeal a decision in a United Kingdom patent case ...

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