Jeffrey Schussler, M.D., FACC, FSCAI, FSCCT, FACP, interventional cardiologist at Baylor Scott While Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dallas, explains some of the key innovations his institution is...
Heart Valve Technology
This channel includes news and new device innovations about heart valve technologies, including the aortic valve, mitral valve, pulmonic valve, and tricuspid valve. This includes information on transcatheter valve technologies like transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR, or implantation TAVI), transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR), transcatheter and surgical valve repairs, ad surgical replacement valves.
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The number of patients undergoing mitral valve operations are at an all-time high, and new research suggests many patients do not undergo surgical intervention until it is too late to completely...
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July 26, 2018 — The pivotal clinical study in the U.S.
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July 26, 2018 — A new multi-societal expert consensus document has been released that summarizes the position of these partnering organizations on the availability, delivery, organization and...
Videos | Cath Lab | August 13, 2018
Jeffrey Schussler, M.D., FACC, FSCAI, FSCCT, FACP, interventional cardiologist at Baylor Scott While Heart and...
News | Embolic Protection Devices | August 03, 2018
August 3, 2018 — Boston Scientific Corp. announced it has recently closed its...
An example of the newest generation of smart cardiac CT software that automatically identifies the anatomy, auto-traces the centerlines on the entire coronary tree and labels each vessel segment. This greatly speeds CT workflows, saving time for techs, radiologists and cardiologists.
Blog | SCCT | July 27, 2018
Here is a round-up of the latest technology updates and trends in cardiac computed tomography (CT) from the...
The Abbott Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system.
Feature | Heart Valve Technology | July 26, 2018
July 26, 2018 — The pivotal clinical study in the U.S. of the Abbott Tendyne...
A CoreValve TAVR valve seen in a CT scan looking down from the aortic arch into the left ventricle using reconstruction software from TeraRecon.
Feature | Heart Valve Technology | July 26, 2018
July 26, 2018 — A new multi-societal expert consensus document has been released that summarizes the position of...
Claret's FDA-cleared Sentinel Cerebral Embolic Protection System for TAVR will expand Boston Scientific's structural heart portfolio. It collects emboli knocked loose that would otherwise lodge in the brain and potentially cause a stroke.
News | Embolic Protection Devices | July 20, 2018
July 20, 2018 — Boston Scientific Corp. today has signed an agreement to acquire Claret Medical Inc., which has...
Technology | Heart Valve Technology | July 18, 2018
July 18, 2018 — Abbott announced it received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a next-...
Videos | Heart Valve Technology | July 18, 2018
Jonathon Leipsic, M.D., FSCCT, professor of radiology and cardiology at the University of British Columbia,...
Videos | Heart Valve Technology | July 10, 2018
Ori Ben-Yehuda, M.D., executive director of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation Clinical Trial Center, discusses...
Videos | Heart Valve Technology | July 05, 2018
Rebecca Hahn, M.D., professor of medicine and director of interventional echocardiography, Columbia University...
Videos | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | July 02, 2018
This is an example of the a mitral valve with regurgitation imaged with 3-D echocardiography using the Siemens...
Technology | Annuloplasty Rings | June 15, 2018
June 15, 2018 — LivaNova PLC announced it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its...
An angiography image showing the catheter-based implantation of the Cardioband annuloplasty ring using corkscrew shaped anchors.
News | Heart Valve Technology | June 13, 2018
June 13, 2018 — Henry Ford Hospital is one of 17 U.S. trial sites using a...
