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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November 2, 2011 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved the first transcatheter aortic heart valve ...

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November 1, 2011 – Claret Medical Inc. said its Montage System has received CE mark approval as the world's first ...

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November 1, 2011 – Boston Scientific released the schedule of its major events and product-related clinical research for ...

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October 19, 2011— W. L. Gore and Associates announced that the company purchased the assets and intellectual property ...

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October 7, 2011 – ValveXchange Inc., has performed successful first-in-man (FIM) surgeries demonstrating the ...

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October 3, 2011 —The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) has published guidelines for new applications for ...

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October 3, 2011 — JenaValve Technology GmbH, a German company specializing in the development of transcatheter heart ...

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October 3, 2011 – Cardiac Dimensions Inc. announced it received European CE mark approval for a newly enhanced version ...

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September 27, 2011 — Occlutech announced its CEO, Tor Peters, has obtained a favorable ruling from the district court in ...

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September 27, 2011 — Last week’s inclusion of critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) in the standard list of ...

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The Cardiopulmonary Research Science and Technology Institute (CRSTI) in Dallas, Texas, created two hybrid operating ...

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The Edwards Sapien transcatheter aortic valve is pending FDA clearnance. The valve can be delivered both transfemorally (pictured here) or transapically in a hybrid OR.
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In a closely watched move – viewed as a big step toward a paradigm shift in how heart valves are repaired in the United ...

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Feature | Hybrid OR | Dave Fornell

One of the biggest trends is the creation of hybrid operating rooms (ORs) that bring together the best of both surgical ...

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September 15, 2011 – The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) has announced the late breaking trials and first ...

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September 12, 2011 — Cardiovascular market research firm Zacks Equity Research released a new report discussing high ...

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