The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Artis icono, a high-precision family of angiography systems from Siemens Healthineers that permit a wide range of minimally invasive...
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This channel contains news about the annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference presented by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF). It includes coverage from the annual meeting and links CRF news. TCT is the premier conference for the subspecialty of interventional cardiology, including the new subspecialty areas of transcatheter structural heart procedures.
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HeartFlow Inc. has obtained clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the HeartFlow Planner, a non-invasive, real-time virtual modeling tool for coronary artery disease (CAD)...
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Abbott announced the launch of the company's TRILUMINATE Pivotal trial evaluating the safety and effectiveness of its TriClip transcatheter tricuspid valve repair system for the treatment of...
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Corindus Vascular Robotics Inc. announced that EClinicalMedicine, a clinical journal published by The Lancet, has published the results from the Telerobotic Intervention Study, the world’s first...
The Artis icono biplane angiography system is designed for use in neurointerventions and interventional radiology. Image courtesy of Siemens Healthineers.
Technology | Angiography | September 17, 2019
September 17, 2019 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Artis icono, a high-precision...
Technology | CT Angiography (CTA) | September 12, 2019
September 12, 2019 — HeartFlow Inc. has obtained clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the...
News | Heart Valve Technology | September 05, 2019
September 5, 2019 — Abbott announced the launch of the company's TRILUMINATE Pivotal trial evaluating the safety and...
News | Cath Lab | September 03, 2019
September 3, 2019 — Shockwave Medical Inc. has received Breakthrough Device Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug...
News | Robotic Systems | September 03, 2019
September 3, 2019 — Corindus Vascular Robotics Inc. announced that EClinicalMedicine, a clinical journal published...
News | Hemostasis Management | August 29, 2019
August 29, 2019 – Merit Medical Systems Inc. announced the U.S. commercial launch of the PreludeSync Evo...
Feature | Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) | August 28, 2019 | Jeff Zagoudis, Associate Editor
August 28, 2019 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released an updated MedWatch Alert this month on the...
News | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders | August 28, 2019
August 28, 2019 — AtriCure Inc. announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance...
News | Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) | August 27, 2019
August 27, 2019 — Concept Medical was recently granted Breakthrough Therapy designation by the U.S. Food and Drug...
News | Stents | August 21, 2019
August 21, 2019 — Increasing incidence of cardiovascular diseases worldwide is creating growth opportunities for the...
Left, an illustration of the beginning of deployment for a CoreValve Evolut self-expanding transcatheter aortic replacement (TAVR) valve. Right, an illustration of the final balloon expansion of an Edwards Lifesciences Sapien 3 TAVR valve. Both valves received simultaneous FDA clearance for use in low-risk surgical patients. Clearing this last hurdle now allows wide-spread use of minimally invasive TAVR in all patients who otherwise would need an open-heart surgical valve replacement.
Feature | Heart Valve Technology | August 16, 2019 | Jeff Zagoudis, Associate Editor, and Dave Fornell, Editor
August 16, 2019 — In one coordinated move, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) opened use of ...
Feature | TCT | August 15, 2019
August 15, 2019 — The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) has announced the 12 late-breaking trials and 16 late...
News | Robotic Systems | August 08, 2019 | Jeff Zagoudis, Associate Editor
August 8, 2019 — Corindus Vascular Robotics announced it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be...
Technology | Heart Valve Technology | July 17, 2019
July 17, 2019 — Abbott has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the most advanced MitraClip...
News | Heart Valve Technology | July 09, 2019
July 9, 2019 — Neovasc Inc. announced that its Tiara...
