May 1, 2020 — Abiomed, maker of the Impella heart pump, has acquired Breethe, developer of a novel extracorporeal ...
Cardiovascular Surgery
This channel includes news and new technology innovations for cardiac surgery. This includes coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG) and surgical valve replacements.
April 23, 2020 – LivaNova PLC said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now permitting the company to expand ...
![An ECMO cannula being inserted into a cardiovascular patient in need of mechanical oxygenation and hemodynamic support in December 2019. The FDA just made a temporary approval to use ECMO support in COVID-19 patients during the pandemic emergency. #COVID19 #SARScov2 #coronavirus](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/ECMO_procedure_Tufts_LOW-RES_Staff_DF.jpg?itok=gXNa2Sgo)
April 7, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued guidance to provide a policy to help expand the ...
March 30, 2020 — Patients undergoing coronary bypass graft (CAGB) surgery lived longer and had better outcomes when ...
March 30, 2020 — Patients in the United Kingdom (U.K.) who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) did ...
![PARTNER 3 trial shows positive results for Sapien 3 in low-risk surgical patients. #ACC20 #ACC2020 #Sapien3 #TAVR](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/Sapien%203%20TAVR%20Edwards%20Lifesciences%20horizontal.jpg?itok=UIm6gxAg)
March 30, 2020 — Low-risk patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve repair (TAVR) at two years did just as well ...
March 29, 2020 — Worse than expected outcomes were found for survival and quality of life among patients undergoing ...
![Patients with bicuspid, or two-leaflet, aortic valves who undergo transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures had a high rate of success and low risk of death or disabling stroke at 30 days, according to new data presented at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2020 Scientific Session. #ACC20 #ACC2020](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/Bicuspid%20aortic%20valve_0.jpg?itok=bij8m5D9)
March 29, 2020 — Patients with bicuspid, or two-leaflet, aortic valves who undergo transcatheter aortic valve ...
![Medicare, CMS, calls for cancelling or postponing all elective or non-essential medical procedures, test and surgeries due to COVID-19. #COVID19 #SARcov2 #coronavirus #cardiology](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/Cath%20Lab%20and%20COVID-19%20LOS-RES%20Image%20copy_0.jpg?itok=mBTkNEkd)
March 20, 2020 — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced March 18, 2020, that all elective ...
An interview with Ehtisham Mahmud, M.D., FSCAI, chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, executive director of ...
March 10, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the SynCardia Systems 50cc temporary Total ...
![ACC issues document outlining COVID-19 Implications For Patients With Underlying Cardiovascular Conditions. The COVID-19 mortality rate for patients cardiovascular disease is 10.5 percent based of data from Chinese hospitals since the outbreak. COVID-19 fatality rates for patients with comorbidities are higher than the average population, but cardiac patients had the highest death rate. #COVID19 #coronavirus #2019nCoV #SARS‐CoV‐2](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/Coronavius%20in%20cath%20lab_DF.jpg?itok=6HKf3yki)
March 9, 2020 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) is offering updates on the clinical impact of novel coronavirus ...
March 5, 2020 — Abbott recently received Breakthrough Device designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA ...
February 27, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent a safety communication this week to healthcare to ...
![A 3-D reconstruction of a cardiac CT scan showing an implanted Medtronic CoreValve TAVR device. Imagine courtesy of TeraRecon. #TAVR #TAVI](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/X0000_TeraRecon_TAVR_planning_software_Corevalve.jpg?itok=v7DJBFWY)
In August 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded the indication for the use of transcatheter aortic ...