
Three of the most popular cardiovascular technologies to make the top news in June 2020. Top is the Impella Expandable Cardiac Pump (ECP) that is about to enter U.S. feasibility trials.Bottom left, the Foldax heart valve uses a flexible man-made material for valve leaflets rather than animal pericardium tissue. The hope is this new type of surgical and transcatheter aortic valve replacements (TAVR) device will enhance longevity of the valve leaflets. Bottom right, the SMT Hydra TAVR valve is the first Indian-made structural heart devices to gain European CE mark approval.
Feature | July 06, 2020
July 6, 2020 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC)...
July 1, 2020 — Carag AG announced receiving U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Investigational Device Exemption (...
News | Heart Valve Technology | June 23, 2020
June 23, 2020 – Heart valve start-up Foldax is looking to reinventing several aspects of the prosthetic heart valve,...
News | Heart Valve Technology | June 19, 2020
June 19, 2020 — SMT (Sahajanand Medical Technologies Pvt. Ltd) said it acquired of the structural heart medical device...
Videos | Heart Valve Technology | June 10, 2020
Jay Mohan, D.O., RPVI, interventional cardiology fellow at William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, created this...

The self-expanding SMT Hydra transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) device.
Feature | Heart Valve Technology | June 09, 2020
June 9, 2020 — SMT (Sahajanand Medical Technology Private Ltd.), a leading medical device company in India focused on...
News | Heart Valve Technology | June 08, 2020
June 8, 2020 — Edwards Lifesciences Corp. announced Chinese regulatory approval for the Edwards Sapien 3 transcatheter...
News | Structural Heart | May 29, 2020
May 29, 2020 — Neovasc Inc., developer of a minimally invasive transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR)...
Videos | HRS | May 22, 2020
Interview with Andrew D. Krahn, M.D., FHRS, head of the division of cardiology at St. Paul’s Hospital, and professor of...

Left, the Melody pulmonary valve was the first transcatheter valve to be approved by the FDA in the United States a decade ago. Right, the Harmony transcatheter valve is in trials and is designed to treat patients with RVOT anomalies who develop severe PR typically when a pervious repair fails. Both valves are used to treat congenital heart defects.
News | Congenital Heart | May 21, 2020
May 21, 2020 — Two late-breaking clinical trials on trans catheter valves to treat congenital heart disease were...
News | Heart Valve Technology | May 18, 2020
May 18, 2020 — The Edwards Lifesciences Corp. Pascal tricuspid transcatheter valve repair (TTVR) system received...
News | Atrial Fibrillation | May 08, 2020
May 8, 2020 — Positive 12-month results were announced today from the PINNACLE FLX clinical trial assessing the safety...

A congenital atrial septal defect closed using a transcatheter occluder, visualized on 3-D TEE ultrasound.
News | Congenital Heart | May 04, 2020
May 4, 2020 – The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) has released a position statement on...
Feature | Heart Valve Technology | April 20, 2020 | Dave Fornell, Editor
Some U.S. centers need improvement in their outcomes was the biggest takeaway from the five transcatheter aortic valve...
Videos | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | April 14, 2020
Ehtisham Mahmud, M.D., FSCAI, president of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) and...