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).

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Feature | Cath Lab

Here is a compilation of some of DAIC's recent video coverage of new interventional cardiology device technologies. 

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Dee Dee Wang, Henry Ford Hospital, 3D printing for cardiology, 3-D
Feature | Medical 3-D Printing

March 3, 2017 — A Henry Ford Hospital study found a 100 percent success rate in left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

March 3, 2017 — In a United Kingdom patent case involving a Edwards Lifesciences lawsuit against Boston Scientific for ...

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News | Heart Failure

March 2, 2017 — BioVentrix Inc. announced that InEk, the German Institute for the Hospital Remuneration System, has ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

February 28, 2017 — A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel has recommended market clearance for the Claret ...

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News | Cardiovascular Surgery

February 16, 2017 — Western Connecticut Health Network (WCHN) cardiothoracic surgeons Cary Passik, M.D., and Robert ...

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News | Structural Heart Occluders

February 15, 2017 — Doctors at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have implemented the first U.S. Food and Drug ...

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Feature | Hybrid OR | Dave Fornell

In the current era of healthcare reform and the push toward evidence-based medicine to both lower costs and improve ...

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 Intra-atrial shunt device (IASD) to lower left atrial pressure by creating a small left atrial to right atrial shunt.  Abraham said these devices are in early stage development with small studies to show proof of concept and demonstrate safety.
Feature | Heart Failure | Dave Fornell

In the past few years there have been a number of device therapies developed to treat heart failure (HF). This is partly ...

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Videos | Heart Failure

This video, provided by BioVentrix Inc., demonstrates how to implant the Revivent TC System to reduce the volume of the ...

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News | Structural Heart Occluders

February 1, 2017 — Baylor Heart and Vascular Services at Fort Worth in November became the first program in Texas to ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

January 25, 2017 — Edwards Lifesciences Corp. announced that it has closed its acquisition of Valtech Cardio Ltd ...

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News | Structural Heart

January 25, 2017 — Elderly patients with aortic stenosis (AS) and medium surgical risk experienced better than expected ...

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