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).

Philips introduced CX50 xMatrix architecture designed to support advanced fluoro integration with the EchoNavigator system. It aligns TEE views with live fluoroscopy to enhance navigation in complex structural heart procedures. Transesophageal echo (TEE).
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The development of 3-D transesophageal echo (TEE) just a few years ago has enabled a new generation of interventional ...

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May 13, 2013 — Live demonstration, transmission or recording of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has been ...

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Boston Scientific Watchmen Left Atrial Appendage Closure Atrial Fibrillation
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May 13, 2013 — Boston Scientific reports that the four-year follow-up data from the PROTECT AF clinical trial demonstrat ...

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May 2, 2013 — Simbionix USA Corp. released various training modules for the Angio Mentor endovascular simulator.


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May 1, 2013 — InterValve Inc. announced that it has received 510(k) clearance to market the new V8 Aortic Valvuloplasty ...

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April 17, 2013 — Multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) is a better way to measure annular size in patients with ...

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April 12, 2013 — Colibri Heart Valve LLC has successfully completed the first clinical use of the company's proprietary ...

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April 12, 2013 — NeoChord has received CE mark for its technology that allows the implantation of artificial chordae ...

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April 3, 2013 — An RTI International-developed prototype catheter that can generate live, streaming 3-D ultrasound ...

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March 28, 2013 — St. Jude Medical announced publication of results from its landmark RESPECT clinical trial in The New ...

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March 27, 2013 — The Heart Failure 2013 LA meeting will include a showcase of several startup companies offering ...

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Abbot MitraClip
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March 22, 2013 —  Abbott announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Circulatory System Devices Panel of ...

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Edwards Sapien, PARTNER, 3 year followup
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March 19, 2013 — The three-year results of a pivotal clinical study comparing the Edwards Sapien transcatheter heart ...

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Edward Structural Heart Valve Repair Clinical Trial Sapien XT Transcatheter
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March 18, 2013 — Edwards Lifesciences Corporation announced that preliminary results from The PARTNER II clinical trial ...

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Videos | ACC

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2013 Scientific Session Committee Chairman Miguel Quinones, M.D., explains some ...

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