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

May 25, 2018 — Abbott announced favorable outcomes from the first 100 patients treated in a global study of its Tendyne ...

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A slide image from Reddy's presntation at Heart Rhythm 2018, showing thrombus formation on the face of a Watchman LAA Occluder device in an echo image. #HRS2018
Feature | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders

May 18, 2018 — Left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) with the transcatheter Watchman device prevents thromboembolism from ...

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A 3-D printed aortic root with an simulated implant of an Edwards Sapien TAVR valve. New clinical data points to length-of-stay as a new predictor of outcomes in TAVR patients. Image from Henry Ford Hospital.
Feature | Heart Valve Technology

May 14, 2018 – A new study finds patients who stay in the hospital for more than 72 hours when undergoing trans-femoral ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

May 14, 2018 – A new study examines the effectiveness of 3-D printing technology and computer modeling to predict ...

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News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

May 14, 2018 — The opioid drug epidemic is impacting cardiology, with a new study finding the number of patients ...

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News | Heart Failure

May 14, 2018 — Ancora Heart Inc. announced the expansion of the company’s U.S. feasibility study to evaluate the ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

May 11, 2018 — A new study looked at the effectiveness of a novel risk tool to predict 30-day readmission rates in ...

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May 11, 2018 — Medtronic plc announced two-year outcomes for the Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve (TPV) from its ea ...

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News | Structural Heart

May 11, 2018 — The post-approval study evaluating the safety and efficacy of MitraClip in a real-world, commercial ...

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News | Embolic Protection Devices

May 8, 2018 — One-year results from the Sentinel Cerebral Protection System show it can reduce the incidence of stroke d ...

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An 3D echo view of a Neovasc Tiara transcatheter mitral valve. This valve is currently in clinical trials and is ahead of most of the TMVR devices in development.
Feature | Heart Valve Technology | Dave Fornell, Editor

May 4, 2018 — Transcatheter valve technology has been advancing very quickly and the links to aggregated content from ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

May 1, 2018 — Edwards Lifesciences Corp.announced that it received CE Mark for the Edwards Cardioband Tricuspid Valve ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

April 26, 2018 — The European Patent Office (EPO) has revoked Edward Lifesciences’ Corp.’s European patent EP 2,399,550 ...

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A CT scan assessment of the femoral access route challenges for a recent Central DuPage Hospital TAVR candidate. This image and the measurements were discussed by the heart team during its weekly meeting to determine if the TAVR delivery catheters could navigate the disease femoral artery and what options might best serve this patient.
Feature | Heart Valve Technology | Dave Fornell

While there is fear by many about the trend of hospitals consolidating into larger healthcare systems, one advantage ...

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