April 30, 2021 — New study results validate the effectiveness of the Medtronic Harmony transcatheter pulmonary valve ...
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).
![The two FDA-clear transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) valves on the market, the Edwards Lifesciences Sapien 3 (left) and the Medtronic CoreValve (right).](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/TAVR_Sapien3_Corevalve_composite.jpg?itok=cIAdO9xR)
April 30, 2021 – An analysis of growth patterns in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) programs across United ...
This on-demand webinar teaches viewers how new multi-planar imaging techniques such as Cardiac MultiVue and TrueVue make ...
As medical advancements continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in the field of structural heart ...
![Transesophageal echo (TEE) being used to guide the deployment of a MitraClip device during a structural heart procedure at the University of Colorado Hospital. The center has performed more than 200 MitraClip mitral valve repairs over the past decade. Photo by Dave Fornell](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/Mitral_Valve_MitraClip_TEE_regurgitation_1_UofColo_Staff_DF.jpg?itok=CRp-lsMa)
The resounding success of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has led the creation of hundreds of structural ...
As a medical technology journalist, a little more than a decade ago I found myself sitting in those late afternoon ...
April 20, 2021 — Start-up medical device company atHeart Medical announced it is initiating its U.S. investigational ...
April 14, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the Acutus Medical AcQCross family of universal ...
April 8, 2021 — Abbott today announced it has received European CE mark and Health Canada authorization this week for ...
![The Medtronic Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve (TPV) System. It is first in the world non-surgical heart valve to treat pediatric and adult patients with a native or surgically-repaired right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) to stop severe pulmonary valve regurgitation caused by congenital heart disease.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/Medtronic_Harmony_Transcatheter_Pulmonary_Valve.jpeg?itok=CgZybK71)
March 26, 2021 — Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the Medtronic Harmony Transcatheter ...
Interview with Scott E. Kasner, M.D., who served as the principle investigator for the Gore Cardioform REDUCE trial, and ...
March 18, 2020 — A groundbreaking new study led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers from both the College ...
![The Teleflex Manta large-bore vascular closure device can seal holes between 12 and 25 French.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/Teleflex_Manta_large_bore_vascular_closure_device_1.jpg?itok=hn25fw6-)
While many cardiac and vascular procedures have largely moved to minimally invasive techniques, the size of these ...
![AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (ACC) Late-breaking clinical trial study presentations at ACC.21. @ACC21 @ACC2021](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/ACC_Late_Breaking_sessions_With_speaker_photo_by_DF%20copy.jpg?itok=yhT5MGGv)
The latest cardiology practice-changing scientific breakthrough, late-breaking study presentations have been announced ...
February 24, 2021 — Occlutech announced the completion of patient enrollment in the PRELIEVE trial, pilot study to ...
February 10, 2021 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted artificial heart developer Carmat approval ...