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Feature | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders | Dave Fornell

Atrial fibrillation (AF) affects nearly 6 million Americans and the condition puts them at significantly greater risk of ...

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News | Atrial Fibrillation

Physician-researchers in the College of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati have developed a computerized decision support tool to assist physicians and patients with decisions about blood thinning treatment to prevent strokes in individuals with atrial fibrillation.

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News | Heart Failure

BioVentrix announced the first-in-man use of its next-generation Revivent-TC System with an endovascular catheter-based approach from within the left ventricle.

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News | Cath Lab

St. Jude Medical Inc. announced results from two cardiovascular clinical trials presented at EuroPCR 2016.

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Feature | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies | Marianne Pop, Pharm.D., BCPS

There were many opinions on the duration of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) highlighted at the 2016 American College of ...

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News | Stent Grafts

Bioabsorbable heart valves or blood vessels are designed to harness the body’s innate healing process, enabling the natural restoration of complex body parts as the synthetic graft is absorbed.

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News | Heart Valve Technology

The TRANSFORM trial was designed to evaluate the safety and performance of an investigational rapid deployment aortic valve replacement (RDAVR) system for patients with severe aortic stenosis.

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Technology | Cardiac Imaging

May 18, 2016 — The Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) recently announced its launch of the IAC QI Self ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

NeoChord Inc. announced it has received Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin a prospective, multicenter, randomized clinical trial for its Artificial Chordae Delivery System, DS1000.

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News | Stents Bioresorbable

Biotronik presented 12-month data from the BIOSOLVE-II trial during a Hotline Session at EuroPCR 2016.

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Feature | Medical 3-D Printing | Dave Fornell

Science fiction offers a lot of ideas for creating new body parts on demand, and the advancement of 3-D printing (also ...

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News | Cardiac Diagnostics

May 17, 2016 — An interdisciplinary Johns Hopkins University team has developed a non-invasive 3-D virtual heart ...

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News | Ultrasound Imaging

Macadamian Technologies, a user experience research, design and software development firm, recently announced the completion of a comprehensive usability test of Siemens Acuson S3000 ultrasound system, HELX Evolution with Touch Control.

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News | Information Technology

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released two funding opportunities from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), designed to expand use of common standards supporting the sharing of health information.

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News | Heart Valve Technology

4Tech Inc. announced its partnership with Jean-Claude Laborde, M.D., as a research and development (R&D) and clinical advisor focused on fast-forwarding the TriCinch Generation Two and Generation Three programs.

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