December 29, 2015 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) launched the new Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion (LAAO) ...
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).
December 22, 2015 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has launched a new Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)/ACC ...
December 22, 2015 — In 2015, results from the ITALIC and CvLPRIT trials, along with studies examining lifestyle factors ...
As medical advancements continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in the field of structural heart ...
December 14, 2015 — Citing increased use of its Materialise Mimics Innovation Suite in hospitals and other clinical ...
December 14, 2015 — Vital Images Inc. announced a partnership with Stratasys Ltd., a 3-D printing and additive ...
December 14, 2015 — As the field of interventional medicine grows, so do the challenges for clinicians to plan, guide ...
December 10, 2015 — Mitralign Inc. announced the first U.S. subject has been enrolled in the SCOUT Study using the ...
December 9, 2015 — BioVentrix Inc. has achieved the first implantation of its micro-anchor heart failure (HF) technology ...
December 9, 2015 — Scientists have confirmed the role of a set of gene mutations in the development of congenital heart ...
November 24, 2015 — Biosense Webster announced it has acquired Coherex Medical Inc., a privately held medical device ...
November 23, 2015 — NaviGate Cardiac Structures Inc. (NCSI) announced that a first-in-human implant of its catheter ...
November 20, 2015 — Boston Scientific announced the first implants of the Watchman FLX left atrial appendage closure ...
(This article was updated in June 2018)
The advent of transcatheter valve repair and replacement technologies is one ...
November 10, 2015 — PinnacleHealth CardioVascular Institute enrolled the first patient in Pennsylvania in a randomized ...
For the past few years, the focus of the annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meetings has been on ...
December 29, 2015