The rapid growth of transcatheter structural heart procedures and the need for increased use of echocardiography as an ...
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).
September 20, 2016 – Claret Medical announced its filing of a marketing application with the U.S. Food and Drug ...
September 19, 2016 — Edwards Lifesciences received European CE mark to expand use of the Edwards Sapien 3 transcatheter ...
As medical advancements continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in the field of structural heart ...
September 19, 2016 — Valtech Cardio Ltd. announced that it will present the first-in-man data for its Cardioband ...
September 19, 2016 — Boston Scientific received European CE mark approval for its Lotus Edge Valve System, the company's ...
September 9, 2016 — New research published Sept. 8 in the Open Access journal PLOS Biology reports the role of genes in ...
September 9, 2016 — Six-month preclinical data from trials of a Xeltis bioabsorbable aortic conduit were presented at ...
September 2, 2016 — St. Jude Medical Inc. announced the start of the St. Jude Medical Amplatzer Amulet IDE trial of the ...
September 1, 2016 — First outcome results from the GLORIA-AF Registry show that treatment with Pradaxa (dabigatran ...
August 26, 2016 — This week, PinnacleHealth, Harrisburg, Pa., became the first hospital in the country to implant the ...
August 25, 2016 — People with a family member who had an aortic dissection — a spontaneous tear in one of the body’s ...
August 18, 2016 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the indications for both the Edwards ...
This video, provided by Edwards Lifesciences, demonstrates the Intuity Elite surgical aortic valve, which uses a balloon ...
August 15, 2016 – Edwards Lifesciences announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved of the advanced ...
August 8, 2016 — Updated recommendations from the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) states that catheter-based closure ...
September 21, 2016