Cardiovascular Surgery

This channel includes news and new technology innovations for cardiac surgery. This includes coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG) and surgical valve replacements.

A heart-pacing lead is a small catheter with electrodes.

News | Leads Implantable Devices

Cardiac Pacing Leads Market Will Reach $394 million by 2029

January 3, 2023 — The market has been studied for the below mentioned-segmentation and regional analysis for North ...

January 03, 2023

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the approval to market to The Edwards Lifesciences PASCAL Precision Transcatheter Valve Repair System.

News | Heart Valve Technology

FDA Grants Approval to Market of PASCAL Precision Transcatheter Valve Repair System

January 2, 2023 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the approval to market to The Edwards ...

January 02, 2023

Azmi Atiya, MD, Is the New Medical Director of Cardiac Surgery at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center

News | Cardiovascular Surgery

Respected Cardiothoracic Surgeon to Lead Cardiac Surgery at Tarzana

December 30, 2022 — Azmi Atiya, MD, an established and highly respected cardiothoracic surgeon in the San Fernando ...

December 30, 2022

Robbin Cohen, MD, now serves as director of the Cardiac Surgery Program at Huntington Health, a Cedars-Sinai affiliate, and will be practicing out of Huntington Health’s Pasadena campus.

News | Cardiovascular Surgery

Cedars-Sinai Expands Cardiac Surgery at Huntington Health

December 21, 2022 — The Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai is again expanding its geographic reach and surgical ...

December 21, 2022

UMSOM researchers display first genetically modified pig heart transplanted into living patient. Image courtesy of University of Maryland School of Medicine

News | Heart Failure

Unexpected Electrical Changes Seen in First Successful Transplant of Genetically-Modified Pig Heart

November 15, 2022 — Ten months after transplanting the first genetically-modified pig heart into a human patient ...

November 15, 2022

Findings from the BEST-CLI trial presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions (AHA2022) indicate optimal treatment for patients with limb-threatening ischemia.

News | AHA

BEST-CLI Clinical Trial Focuses on Optimal Treatment for Limb-Threatening Ischemia

November 10, 2022 – Significant findings from the clinical trial, known as “BEST-CLI — Best Endovascular versus Best ...

November 10, 2022

News | Cardiovascular Business

Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, Named Director of Mount Sinai Heart

November 1, 2022 — Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, a top expert in cardiovascular medicine and interventional cardiology, has ...

November 01, 2022

SELUTION SLR, MedAlliance’s novel sirolimus-eluting balloon, has received FDA Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) approval to initiate its coronary pivotal clinical trial.

News | Drug-Eluting Balloons

MedAlliance SELUTION SLR Receives Coronary FDA IDE Approval

October 28, 2022 — SELUTION SLR, MedAlliance’s novel sirolimus-eluting balloon, has received FDA Investigational Device ...

October 28, 2022

Donald Baril, MD, a Leading Vascular Surgeon in the Smidt Heart Institute, Named Director of the Vascular Surgery Fellowship Program

News | Cardiovascular Surgery

Vascular Surgeon to Lead, Train Fellows

October 24, 2022 The Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai has selected leading vascular surgeon Donald Baril, MD, as ...

October 24, 2022

Allegheny Health Network’s Cardiovascular Institute announced today the expansion of its nationally recognized thoracic surgery program to AHN Wexford Hospital, marking the full-service hospital’s most recent milestone in providing access to the highest level of care to patients living in communities north of Pittsburgh. The program launched under the clinical direction of AHN cardiothoracic surgeon, Hiran C. Fernando, MD.

News | Cardiovascular Surgery

AHN Cardiovascular Institute Expands Thoracic Surgery Program to AHN Wexford Hospital

October 17, 2022 — Allegheny Health Network’s (AHN) Cardiovascular Institute announced the expansion of its nationally ...

October 17, 2022

News | Drug-Eluting Balloons

MedAlliance to be Acquired by Cordis

October 18, 2022 — Swiss-based medical technology company MedAlliance has announced it has entered into an agreement ...

October 18, 2022

Dr. Rakesh Arora to lead cardiac intensive care units and cardiac surgery research

News | Cardiovascular Business

UH Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute Recruits Renowned Cardiac Surgeon from Canada

October 5, 2022 — University Hospitals (UH) Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute has a rich history of providing the ...

October 05, 2022

The World Connect Theater at TCT 2022 hosted dozens of panel discussions joining global cardiovascular specialists sharing scientific breakthroughs to large and attentive audiences throughout the Sept. 16-20 event in Boston, MA.

Feature | TCT | By Christine Book

Cardiovascular Research Foundation’s (CRF) TCT 2022 in Review

The 34th Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), the annual scientific symposium of the Cardiovascular Research ...

October 03, 2022

David J. Cohen, MD, MSc, St. Francis Hospital and CRF, presented Jennifer A. Rymer, MD, Duke University Medical Center with the TCT 2022 Thomas J. Linnemeier Young Investigator Award, along with co-presenter Gary S. Mintz of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) on Sept 19 in Boston, MA.

News | TCT

TCT 2022 Honors Recipient of Thomas J. Linnemeier Young Investigator Award

September 22, 2022 — The recipient of the TCT 2022 Thomas J. Linnemeier “Spirit of Interventional Cardiology” Young ...

September 22, 2022

Volta VX1 decision support software reproduces expert-physician electrogram (EGM) analysis that can assist physicians in the real-time identification of specific abnormal electrograms in a persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) population

News | Cardiovascular Surgery

Volta Medical’s AI Based solution for Patients in Atrial Fibrillation Achieves Robust Validation in First Peer-Reviewed Publication

September 7, 2022 — Nuwellis, Inc., a commercial-stage company focused on transforming the lives of people with fluid ...

September 07, 2022