May 19, 2014 — For the first time, a minimally invasive transcatheter valve — tested by Baylor Research Institute in ...
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 repair or replacement (TMVR), transcatheter and surgical valve repairs, and surgical replacement valves. Newer devices are now being used for transcatheter tricuspid valve repair replacement (TTVR).
May 8, 2014 — Abbott announced its catheter-based MitraClip therapy has received Health Canada approval, providing ...

May 2, 2014 — Medtronic Inc. revealed new data demonstrating positive outcomes for extreme risk patients with severe ...
April 28, 2014 — JenaValve Technology Inc. – a privately held, venture-backed developer, manufacturer and marketer of ...

April 18, 2014 — Tendyne Holdings Inc. has secured $25 million in an oversubscribed Series C financing led by Apple Tree ...

April 10, 2014 — Mitralign Inc. has completed enrollment in a clinical study in Europe investigating its lead device ...
By Dave Fornell
The biggest news item from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 63rd Annual Scientific Session ...

April 7, 2014 — A first-ever randomized head-to-head comparison of two devices commonly used to treat aortic stenosis ...
The biggest late-breaking news to come out of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2014 meeting was from the ...

April 2, 2014 — The key trial presented at the 2014 American College of Cardiology (ACC), which will likely be the one ...

April 1, 2014 — Medtronic Inc. announced the one-year results of the Melody transcatheter pulmonary valve (TPV) U.S ...
By Dave Fornell, DAIC editor
Data from several cutting-edge device clinical trials will be presented as late-breakers ...
March 19, 2014 — Surgeons in France have successfully replaced the aortic valve in two patients without opening the ches ...