The following are the late-breaking clinical trial presentations presented at the 2016 American College of Cardiology ...
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).
February 9, 2016 — Boston Scientific Corp. announced the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will cover ...
Off-label use of the St. Jude Amplatzer vascular plug devices offers a new solution for the minimally invasive repair of ...
As medical advancements continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in the field of structural heart ...
Medtronic announced Feb. 3 that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revised the CoreValve’s instructions for use ...
This case study is from the Cardiac Imaging Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain. A woman in her early 60s came ...
GE Healthcare is taking the next leap in image quality performance, quantification and workflow with the introduction of ...
January 20, 2016 — On the 100th anniversary of the Endurance expedition to Antarctica led by Sir Ernest Shackleton ...
At the beginning of each year, I always try to determine what the next big cardiovascular technology advances to watch ...
January 15, 2016 — 2016 is starting off a whole lot better than last year for 14-year-old Oswaldo Jimenez of Salem, Ore ...
January 15, 2016 — Patients between the ages of 40 and 70 who undergo aortic valve replacement (AVR) may fare better ...
January 15, 2016 — CardioKinetix Inc. announced that it has enrolled more than half of the subjects in its pivotal ...
January 15, 2016 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given its approval for an expanded indication study ...
January 14, 2016 — Cornell biomedical engineers have discovered natural triggers that could reduce the chance of life ...
January 6, 2016 — A new study determined that the Watchman left atrial appendage closure device is more cost-effective ...
December 29, 2015 — BioVentrix in mid-December announced the successful completion of the 30th clinical case using the ...
February 09, 2016