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

April 10, 2017 — Boston Scientific recently announced a $435 million cash deal to acquire Symetis SA, a privately-held ...

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News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

April 3, 2017 — The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging ...

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Feature | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders

March 29, 2017 — For patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib), closing the area of the heart known as the left atrial ...

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Videos | Heart Valve Technology

Michael Reardon, M.D., professor of cardiothoracic surgery at Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center ...

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microbleeds, brain bleeds caused by TAVR
Feature | Heart Valve Technology

March 22, 2017 — A quarter of the patients in a single-center study of 84 patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve ...

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Cardiogard embolic protection system for surgical valve reaplacement
Feature | Embolic Protection Devices

March 22, 2017 — Two U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-cleared embolic protection systems designed to remove ...

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Technology | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders

March 22, 2017 — Aegis Medical Innovations Inc. announced that it has received Investigational Device Exemption approval ...

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Medtronic Corevalve Evolut Pro, TAVR system
Feature | Heart Valve Technology

March 22, 2017 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and granted market clearance to the Medtronic CoreValve ...

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RESOLVE study, RESOLVE trial, subclinical leaflet thrombosis
Feature | Heart Valve Technology

March 21, 2017 — About 12 percent of patients undergoing aortic valve replacement developed non-symptomatic blood clots ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology | Dave Fornell

March 17, 2017 - Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) was found to be noninferior to surgical aortic valve ...

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News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

March 16, 2017 — A new document from the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) provides a comprehensive update to ...

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Technology | Heart Valve Technology

March 14, 2017 — The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded use of the Medtronic Melody ...

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Feature | Heart Valve Technology

March 14, 2017 — Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for aortic stenosis continues to evolve with the adoption ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

March 9, 2017 — Boston Scientific announced the German District Court of Düsseldorf has determined that Edwards ...

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