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 | Cath Lab

March 20, 2019 — Cook Medical is recalling one lot of its Transseptal Needle due to a manufacturing error that resulted ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

March 14, 2019 — Beginning in mid-2019, hospitals performing transcatheter valve repair and replacement will be able to ...

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FDA Approves MitraClip for Use in Heart Failure Patients With Functional Mitral Regurgitation
Feature | Heart Valve Technology | Jeff Zagoudis, Associate Editor

March 14, 2019 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the MitraClip heart valve repair device for ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

March 6, 2019 — UCLA researchers have identified for the first time the origin of an immune cell that plays a critical ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

March 1, 2019 — When it comes to treatment options for a damaged heart valve, nothing is getting more attention than tra ...

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News | Advanced Visualization

February 25, 2019 — Philips will unveil a new mixed reality concept developed together with Microsoft that the company ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

February 18, 2019 — Foldax Inc. announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted investigative device ...

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News | Structural Heart Occluders

February 13, 2019 — Le Bonheur Children's Hospital cardiologists in Memphis, Tenn., implanted the Amplatzer Piccolo ...

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News | Clinical Decision Support

February 11, 2019 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC), along with nine other cardiology professional societies ...

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Two of the top news items from January included news atrial fibrillation guidelines that now recommend new anticoagulants (NOACs) over warfarin, and the FDA warning hospitals about the increased mortality found in one study involving pacitaxel-eluting stents and balloon devices for the peripheral arteries.
Feature | Dave Fornell, Editor

February 1, 2019 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) m ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

January 29, 2019 — Thubrikar Aortic Valve Inc. announced the first human implant of the Optimum TAV using their transcat ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

January 29, 2019 — LivaNova PLC announced the publication of three separate studies highlighting the performance of its ...

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An example of multimodality image fusion with live angiography to enhance soft-tissue visualization during complex procedures. This example is from Siemen's new TrueFusion software released in 2018. Advances in angiography imaging.
Feature | Angiography | Dave Fornell, Editor

There are a few recent trends in X-ray angiography imaging systems that hospitals should be aware of if they are looking ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

January 28, 2019 — Lenox Hill Hospital is the first hospital in New York City to successfully implant Abbott’s Tendyne t ...

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