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).

News | Heart Valve Technology

August 22, 2019 — Edwards Lifesciences is recalling the Sapien 3 Ultra delivery system after receiving reports of burst ...

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FDA Approves Sapien 3, CoreValve Evolut TAVR Valves for Low-risk Patients
Feature | Heart Valve Technology | Jeff Zagoudis, Associate Editor, and Dave Fornell, Editor

August 16, 2019 — In one coordinated move, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) opened use of transcatheter ...

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Example of an aortic valve CT imaging workup for TAVR valve sizing and assessing access routes. This patient has an aneurysm in the aortic arch. Image from GE Healthcare.
Feature | Structural Heart | Ashish Pershad, M.D., and Kenith Fang, M.D., FACS

As we usher in a new era for treating patients with aortic stenosis, we have been reflecting on the evolution of the ...

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Videos | Heart Valve Technology

Joao Cavalcante, M.D., FSCCT, director of structural heart CT and cardiac MRI, Minneapolis Heart Institute, discusses ...

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News | Embolic Protection Devices

July 19, 2019 — Medical device startup company Filterlex Medical recently completed a series A financing round, raising ...

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University of Michigan Partnership Guides New Approach to Acute Aortic Dissection
Feature | Structural Heart

July 18, 2019 — When a patient comes to the hospital with acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD), a tearing of the inner ...

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Technology | Heart Valve Technology

July 17, 2019 — Abbott has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the most advanced MitraClip hea ...

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News | Stethoscopes

July 8, 2019 — Berkeley, Calif.-based digital health company Eko unveiled an investigational aortic stenosis (AS) detect ...

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News | Structural Heart

July 5, 2019 — FEops announced that FEops HEARTguide was the winning entry at CSI Frankfurt 2019 voted on by physician ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

July 3, 2019 — A study of a procedure developed at Henry Ford Health System shows inducing a heart attack in patients ...

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Videos | Heart Failure

Federico Asch, M.D., FASE, director of cardiac imaging research and director of the cardiovascular imaging lab, MedStar ...

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