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).

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April 12, 2012 - Edwards Lifesciences Corp. said a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel will review ...

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Videos | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders

Siemens' AcuNav V 3-D intracardiac echo (ICE) catheter offers detailed, live 3-D images of the interior of the heart ...

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Videos | Ultrasound Intra-cardiac Echo (ICE)

Siemens' AcuNav V 3-D intracardiac echo (ICE) catheter offers detailed, live 3-D images of the interior of the heart ...

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Videos | Ultrasound Intra-cardiac Echo (ICE)

Siemens' AcuNav V 3-D intracardiac echo (ICE) catheter offers detailed, live 3-D images of the interior of the heart ...

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April 4, 2012 — Edwards Lifesciences Corp. reported that longer-term results (? 2 years) from the high-risk Cohort A of ...

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Videos | ACC

Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology Editor Dave Fornell discusses trends and shares his choices of the most ...

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March 29, 2012 — Patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) at experienced medical centers ...

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March 29, 2012 — Non-cardiac co-morbidities such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease and ...

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The GE Healthcare ValveAssist software enables trans-aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedural planning and guidance with integration on live fluoro imaging.
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The American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2012 Scientific Session, held March 24-27 in Chicago, was the first major ...

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Technology

March 26, 2012 – GE Healthcare unveiled two recently U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-cleared angiography systems ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

Transcatheter heart valves are viewed as the poster children devices representing the latest in cutting-edge cardiac ...

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March 8, 2012 — Edwards Lifesciences Corp. reported March 3 it filed its official response to the Centers for Medicare ...

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March 7, 2012 — Four leading heart organizations representing cardiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons released initial ...

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February 20, 2012 — Edwards Lifesciences Corp. announced that it received CE mark in Europe for its Edwards Intuity ...

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February 16, 2012 — Siemens Healthcare received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for syngo Aor ...

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