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).
Videos | Medical 3-D Printing | May 21, 2019
This is a sample of the 3-D printed hearts and coronary anatomy models created from patient CT scans to enable...
Videos | Cath Lab | May 20, 2019
This is a walk through of the primary structural heart hybrid cath lab at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Mich. It is...
Videos | Heart Valve Technology | May 20, 2019
A demonstration of how to calculate the neo-left ventricular outflow tract (neo-LVOT) on CT imaging for a transcatheter...
News | Leads Implantable Devices | May 13, 2019
May 13, 2019 — BioTrace Medical Inc. announced the company’s Tempo Lead has obtained CE Mark certification in Europe...
Feature | EuroPCR | May 10, 2019
May 10, 2019 — Here is the list of the late-breaking hot line studies being presented at the 2019 EuroPCR...
360 Photos | 360 View Photos | May 08, 2019
This 360 degree photo shows Dee Dee Wang, M.D., director of structural heart imaging, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit,...
News | Heart Valve Technology | May 08, 2019
May 8, 2019 — Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has been studied as an alternative to surgical aortic valve...
Videos | Structural Heart | May 06, 2019
John Carroll, M.D., FACC, FSCAI, director of interventional cardiology and co-director of the Cardiac and Vascular...
Videos | Cath Lab Navigation Aids | May 01, 2019
Alex Haak, Ph.D., clinical scientist at Philips Health Systems North America, is based at the University of Colorado...
News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | April 30, 2019
April 30, 2019 — A new document compiled by four cardiac imaging professional societies provides a resource to guide...
Patient Lillian Keavey speaks with Henry Ford cardiologists William O'Neill and Dee Dee Wang about her case. She was the 1,000th patients at Henry Ford to have their procedure guided by 3-D print.
News | Medical 3-D Printing | April 26, 2019
April 26, 2019 — A 72-year-old woman from northern Michigan became Henry Ford Health System’s 1,000th patient treated...
Videos | Structural Heart | April 25, 2019
Dee Dee Wang, M.D., director of structural heart imaging, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Mich., explains how patient...
Videos | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders | April 25, 2019
This video offers an overview of the Watchman left atrial appendage (LAA) occluder system, including information of its...
Figure 1: A computed tomography angiography (CTA) study performed for transcatheter aortic valve replacement planning. The aortic valve is trileaflet with significant calcification (A). Annular measurements are performed to determine valve sizing (B). Coronary artery height is measured to predict the risk of coronary artery obstruction (C).
Feature | Structural Heart | April 24, 2019 | Nadeen N. Faza, M.D., Dee Dee Wang, M.D., Joao Cavalcante, M.D., Andrew D. Choi, M.D., Jeffrey B. Geske, M.D., and Stephen H. Little, M.D.
Recent months have signaled a new and exciting era in the dynamic world of structural heart disease (SHD). The COAPT...
Feature | Heart Valve Technology | April 23, 2019 | Dave Fornell, Editor
April 23, 2019 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Boston Scientific Lotus Edge transcatheter...
