November 20, 2014 — An experimental 3-D printed model of the heart may help surgeons treat patients born with...
Congenital Heart
This Congenital Heart Disease channel includes news and new technology to diagnose, treat and manage congenital heart disease. This includes transposed vessels, tetralogy of Fallot, pediatric cardiomyopathy, pulmonary heart valves, pulmonary atresia, patent foramen ovale (PFO), atrial septal defect (ASD) and ventricular septal defect (VSD).
Plaster composite heart focusing on the intracardiac details to aid surgical planning.
Feature | November 20, 2014
News | November 06, 2014
Nov. 6, 2014 — The era of fetal intervention has arrived in...
Feature | October 17, 2014
October 17, 2014 — Materialise NV has listed its 3-D-printed cardiovascular HeartPrint models as a medical device in...
Feature | October 16, 2014
October 16, 2014 — A team of surgeons at New York-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital saved the life of...
News | October 09, 2014
October 9, 2014 — Stanford Children’s Health is using cutting-edge videogame technology to get parents the...
News | September 30, 2014
September 30, 2014 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC), along with eight partnering societies, released the...
News | August 01, 2014
August 1, 2014 — Occlutech announced that it has successfully obtained a ruling by the U.K. Patents Court in the...
News | July 18, 2014
July 18, 2014 — The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) launched the Fetal Neuroprotection and...
News | June 05, 2014
June 5, 2014 — Lumedx Corp. and Scientific Software Solutions Inc. (SSS), maker of PedCath congenital...
The University of Arizona is using 3-D printing of pediatric patients chest cavities and organs to confirm if the Syncardia ventricular assist device (VAD) can fit in specific patients.
Feature | May 20, 2014
May 20, 2014 — It is possible to use 3-D printer technology to create some types of customized medical devices on...
Feature | May 16, 2014
May 16, 2014 — Fetal heart experts working with the American Heart Assn. have developed guidelines to help...
Feature | April 01, 2014
April 1, 2014 — Medtronic Inc. announced the one-year results of the Melody transcatheter pulmonary valve (TPV) U.S...
Computed tomography scan of the heart, allowing 3-D views of cardiac anatomy, including the coronary arteries.
News | December 03, 2013
December 3, 2013 — An analysis of data from an international multicenter study of coronary computed tomography...
Technology | August 30, 2013
August 30, 2013 — PFM Medical received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) premarket approval (PMA) for its Nit-...
Adult Congenital Heart Disease is now certified as a subspecialty by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS).
Feature | December 14, 2012
December 14, 2012 — More than a million adult...
