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).

St. Jude Medical Portico TAVR System U.S. Implants Clinical Study
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May 20, 2014 — St. Jude Medical Inc. announced that the first patient implants occurred in the Portico Re-sheathable ...

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May 20, 2014 — Transcatheter Technologies GmbH, an emerging medical device company that is developing a third-generation ...

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Corevalve, FDA, Edwards, TAVR, TAVI, lawsuit, injunction
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May 20, 2014 — In a surprise move, Edwards Lifesciences Corp. and Medtronic reached an agreement this week to settle all ...

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May 19, 2014 — For the first time, a minimally invasive transcatheter valve — tested by Baylor Research Institute in ...

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May 8, 2014 — Abbott announced its catheter-based MitraClip therapy has received Health Canada approval, providing ...

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May 2, 2014 — Medtronic Inc. revealed new data demonstrating positive outcomes for extreme risk patients with severe ...

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April 28, 2014 — JenaValve Technology Inc. – a privately held, venture-backed developer, manufacturer and marketer of ...

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April 23, 2014 — Xeltis announced it finished enrollment in a five-patient feasibility study of implantable products ...

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April 22, 2014 – The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request from Medtronic Inc. to postpone the ...
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April 18, 2014 — Tendyne Holdings Inc. has secured $25 million in an oversubscribed Series C financing led by Apple Tree ...

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April 18, 2014 — A University of California, San Diego scientist has developed a new biomaterial that could potentially ...

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Corevalve beats surgery, ACC 2014, TAVR vs surgery, Edwards lawsuit
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April 16, 2014 — The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware granted a preliminary injunction limiting the sale ...
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April 10, 2014 — Mitralign Inc. has completed enrollment in a clinical study in Europe investigating its lead device ...

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April 10, 2014 — CardioKinetix Inc. announced results of a pooled analysis study of the catheter-based Parachute ...

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The biggest news item from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 63rd Annual Scientific Session ...

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