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).
A Sapien 3 TAVR valve in position as seen under GE Assist guidance on angiography.
News | Heart Valve Technology | October 04, 2019
October 4, 2019 – A new analysis of the PARTNER 3 Trial data found a modest, but significant, improvement in one-year...
The COAPT Economic Analysis sub-study found it is cost effective to treat heart failure patients who have severe secondary mitral regurgitation with MitraClip to reduce their MR symptoms.
News | Heart Failure | October 04, 2019
October 4, 2019 – Results of a new economic analysis of the COAPT Trial data found that transcatheter mitral valve...
News | Heart Valve Technology | October 03, 2019
October 3, 2019 – Five-year results from the PARTNER 2A Trial found patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) and...
COAPT Trial three-year data show the MitraClip continues to show safety and effectiveness in heart failure patients with secondary mitral reguritation.
News | Heart Failure | October 03, 2019
October 3, 2019 – The three-year results from the COAPT Trial demonstrated that reducing severe secondary mitral...
Videos | University of Colorado Hospital | October 02, 2019
Interview with John Carroll, M.D., director of interventional cardiology, Robert Quaife, M.D., director of advanced...
News | Heart Valve Technology | October 02, 2019
October 2, 2019 – The first randomized trial to compare the safety and efficacy of the new Boston Scientific Acurate...
News | Heart Valve Technology | October 02, 2019
October 2, 2019 – The Abbott Portico FDA investigational device exemption (IDE) study found that 30-day safety and one-...
Khaldoon Alaswad, M.D., right, director, cardiac catheterization lab, during a complex CTO procedure at Henry Ford Hospital. (Photo by Dave Fornell)
Feature | Henry Ford Hospital | October 01, 2019 | Dave Fornell, Editor
Henry Ford Hospital thought leaders regularly speak at the cardiology conferences about new research and technology...
A MitraClip case underway at the University of Colorado Hospital hybrid cath lab. Left to right are doctors John Carroll, Edward Gill and Dominik Wiktor. (Photos by Dave Fornell)
Blog | University of Colorado Hospital | October 02, 2019
I recently had the opportunity to conduct an onsite visit to the University of Colorado Hospital Heart and Vascular...
360 Photos | 360 View Photos | October 02, 2019
This 360 degree view shows staff at the University of Colorado Heart and Vascular Center performing live...
Videos | Cardiovascular Business | September 30, 2019
A discussion with Ruth Fisher, MBA, vice president of the Henry Ford Hospital structural heart program, and Janet Wyman...
Videos | Heart Valve Technology | September 30, 2019
Marvin Eng, M.D., structural fellowship director at Henry Ford Health System, and William O'Neill, M.D., director of...
Videos | Structural Heart | September 30, 2019
A discussion with William O’Neill, M.D., director of the Henry Ford structural heart program, Ruth Fisher, MBA, vice...
News | Heart Failure | September 27, 2019
September 27, 2019 — Ancora Heart Inc. announced results from an interim analysis of heart failure patients treated in...
News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | September 25, 2019
September 25, 2019 – Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) analysis can be performed significantly faster with...
