Structural Heart Occluders

This channel includes news and new technology innovations about structural heart occluders. These include information of surgical repair and transcatheter closure of PFO, VSD, ASD and LAA. Devices include the Amplatzer and the Gore Helex

A patient who received HeartMate III LVAD system at ACC.18. The HeartMate 3 was the topic of of the the key late-breaking trials at #ACC18
Feature | ACC | Dave Fornell

There were several notable presentations of new data on cardiovascular technologies at the recent 2018 American College ...

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News | ACC

March 20, 2018 — Among people with a type of hole in the heart, known as patent foramen ovale (PFO), those who received ...

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Videos | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders

Vivek Reddy, M.D., director of cardiac arrhythmia services and professor of medicine, cardiology, Mount Sinai Hospital ...

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Videos | Structural Heart Occluders

John Rhodes, M.D., co-director of the adult congenital heart program, Medical University of South Carolina, is the ...

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The Watchman LAA occluder PREVAIL Trial 5-year results were presented at the 2017 TCT meeting.
Feature | Atrial Fibrillation

November 2, 2017 – Five-year results from the PREVAIL Trial comparing left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) with the ...

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Videos | Structural Heart Occluders

Ziyad Hijazi, M.D., MPH, MSCAI, FACC, director of the cardiac program and chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Sidra ...

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LAA closure during open heart surgery in the LAACS Study showed better outcomes for all patients.
Feature | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders

September 7, 2017 — Closure of the left atrial appendage (LAA) during heart surgery protects the brain, according to ...

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News | Congenital Heart

September 5, 2017 — Abbott announced it has initiated a U.S. pivotal clinical study evaluating the safety and ...

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News | Atrial Fibrillation

May 30, 2017 — Data was positive for safety and efficacy rates of the Watchman Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC) ...

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Feature | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders

March 29, 2017 — For patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib), closing the area of the heart known as the left atrial ...

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Dee Dee Wang, Henry Ford Hospital, 3D printing for cardiology, 3-D
Feature | Medical 3-D Printing

March 3, 2017 — A Henry Ford Hospital study found a 100 percent success rate in left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion ...

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News | Structural Heart Occluders

February 15, 2017 — Doctors at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have implemented the first U.S. Food and Drug ...

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News | Structural Heart Occluders

February 1, 2017 — Baylor Heart and Vascular Services at Fort Worth in November became the first program in Texas to ...

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News | Cath Lab

January 23, 2017 — Over 93 percent of heart attack patients are receiving stents within the guideline-recommended ...

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Feature | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders

November 7, 2016 – Results from the U.S. real-world, post-FDA approval experience of the Watchman device found high ...

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