June 28, 2021 — CentraCare, one of the largest health systems in Minnesota, successfully completed the first structural ...
Structural Heart
This structural heart channel includes news, videos, podcasts and other content related to diagnosis and treatment of structural heart disease. Topics covered include heart valve repair and replacement, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR), transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement (TTVR), left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion, heart failure interventional device therapies, and closing holes in the heart using, including occlusion of atrial septal defects (ASDs), ventricular septal defects (VSDs) and patent foramen ovales (PFOs).
![CentraCare completed the first structural heart procedure in the world guided by a new 4-D hologram technology developed by EchoPixel. The augmented reality technology aims to reduce reduce procedure time, improve accuracy of the procedure, and reduce risk of complications.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/Echopixel_intra-operative_Holographic_Therapy_Guidance_HTG_Platform%20copy.jpg?itok=bUAUAsSu)
It is brutal and very expensive to bring a new transcatheter valve to market. Boston Scientific invested vast amounts of ...
June 7, 2021 — Edwards Lifesciences recently announced that clinical results from the company's transcatheter mitral and ...
As medical advancements continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in the field of structural heart ...
![The HLT, Bracco, Meridian II TAVR Valve System.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/HLT_Bracco_Meridian_II_TAVR_Valve_System_2.jpg?itok=fCwfnts1)
June 2, 2021 — The startup company HLT is a part of the Bracco Group, which is developing a new transcatheter aortic ...
June 2, 2021 – LivaNova announced June 1 it successfully completed the initial closing of the divestiture of its heart ...
Tom Jones, M.D., director, cardiac catheterization laboratories, Seattle Children’s Hospital, explains some of the new ...
![The Acurate neo2 TAVR valve design enhancements include a 60% larger outer sealing skirt to conform to challenging anatomies. This has minimized paravalvular leaks and imporved clinical outcomes compared to the previous-generation Acurate neo Aortic Valve System. #EuroPCR #EuroPCR21 #EuroPCR2021](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/Acurate_neo2_SIDE_VIEW_TAVR_valve_Boston_Scientific%20copy.jpg?itok=UtrdoP7G)
May 26, 2021 — Data presented at hotline and late-breaking trial sessions at the EuroPCR 2021 congress for the updated ...
![The Boston Scientific Watchman device have performed better than expected in real-world patients outside of trials since it was introduced in 2015, according to data from the NCDR LAAO Registry. #ACC21 #ACC2021 #LAA #Watchman](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/Boston_Scientific___Watchman_2_FLX2_0.jpg?itok=gcOs3nnc)
May 15, 2021 - Transcatheter left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) with a Boston Scientific Watchman device was ...
May 15, 2021 — Patients with an elevated risk of stroke due to heart rhythm problems, or atrial fibrillation (AFib) ...
May 15, 2021 — The anticoagulant apixaban (Eliquis) was not superior to standard of care following transcatheter aortic ...
![Explaining the Emory TMVR angle. Discordance between mitral annular centerline (yellow lines) and valve orientation imposed by guidewire position within the LV apex (red dashed lines). (B) Valve intrinsic angle (α) is determined by external skirt height. (C) When annular-apical “Emory” angle (red curves) exceeds α (blue curve), annular skirt apposition is not possible, causing PVL (red arrows). (D) The valve is oriented perpendicular to the annual plane using an exteriorized apical guidewire.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/Emory_angle_with_externalized_wire_Emory_main_slide.jpg?itok=7F_hw6V4)
The mitral valve anatomy is extremely complex, which has caused many challenges for transcatheter mitral valve ...
Tom Jones, M.D., director, cardiac catheterization laboratories, Seattle Children’s Hospital, and principle investigator ...
Philippe Géneréux, M.D., director of the structural heart program at Atlantic Health System’s Morristown Medical Center ...
May 4, 2021 – A new study, presented at the 2021 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) 101st annual meeting ...
Ashwin Nathan M.D., a cardiology fellow at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, presented a late-breaking ...