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 | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders

December 29, 2015 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) launched the new Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion (LAAO) ...

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Technology | Clinical Decision Support

December 22, 2015 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has launched a new Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)/ACC ...

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News | ACC

December 22, 2015 — In 2015, results from the ITALIC and CvLPRIT trials, along with studies examining lifestyle factors ...

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Materialise, Mimics Innovation Suite, U.S. expansion, 3-D printing
Feature | Medical 3-D Printing

December 14, 2015 — Citing increased use of its Materialise Mimics Innovation Suite in hospitals and other clinical ...

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Technology

December 14, 2015 — Vital Images Inc. announced a partnership with Stratasys Ltd., a 3-D printing and additive ...

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Technology | Cath Lab Navigation Aids

December 14, 2015 — As the field of interventional medicine grows, so do the challenges for clinicians to plan, guide ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

December 10, 2015 — Mitralign Inc. announced the first U.S. subject has been enrolled in the SCOUT Study using the ...

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News | Heart Failure

December 9, 2015 — BioVentrix Inc. has achieved the first implantation of its micro-anchor heart failure (HF) technology ...

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NHLBI, congenital heart disease, neurodevelopment issues, children, genetic link, Science
Feature | Congenital Heart

December 9, 2015 — Scientists have confirmed the role of a set of gene mutations in the development of congenital heart ...

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November 24, 2015 — Biosense Webster announced it has acquired Coherex Medical Inc., a privately held medical device ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

November 23, 2015 — NaviGate Cardiac Structures Inc. (NCSI) announced that a first-in-human implant of its catheter ...

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News | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders

November 20, 2015 — Boston Scientific announced the first implants of the Watchman FLX left atrial appendage closure ...

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Neovasc, Tiara, transcatheter mitral valve, TMVR
Feature | Heart Valve Technology | Dave Fornell

(This article was updated in June 2018)


The advent of transcatheter valve repair and replacement technologies is one ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

November 10, 2015 — PinnacleHealth CardioVascular Institute enrolled the first patient in Pennsylvania in a randomized ...

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Blog | Cath Lab

For the past few years, the focus of the annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meetings has been on ...

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