Heart Valve Summit (ACC/AATS)

 Medical, Surgical and Interventional Decision Making conference, jointly sponsored by the ACC and AATS.

As an attendee you will engage in discussions, debates and potential controversies surrounding real-world cases with renowned faculty on the cutting edge of clinically relevant data for valvular heart disease management.

Course highlights include:

Syncope with bifascicular block may be caused by intermittent complete heart block, but competing diagnoses may coexist. A new study tested whether a strategy of empiric permanent pacing (PM) reduces major adverse events more effectively than acting on the results of an implantable cardiac monitor (ICM). Results of the study were presented at Heart Rhythm 2018, the 39th annual scientific sessions of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), May 9-12 in Boston.

New clinical study results demonstrate that an investigational algorithm, utilizing the accelerometer signal in the Medtronic Micra Transcatheter Pacing System (TPS) may restore AV synchrony. This would improve cardiac function in patients with sinus rhythm and atrioventricular (AV) block. The results from the MARVEL (Micra Atrial TRacking Using A Ventricular AccELerometer) feasibility study were presented during a late-breaking session at Heart Rhythm 2018, the Heart Rhythm Society's 39th Annual Scientific Sessions, and simultaneously published in Heart Rhythm.

Atrial fibrillation patients who are diagnosed with carotid artery disease face higher risks for developing dementia, according to new research from the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City.

Medtronic plc announced results from a research study demonstrating the feasibility of a novel approach to delivering pacing and defibrillation therapy in which a lead is placed under the sternum (breastbone), outside of the heart and veins. Data from the Acute Extravascular Defibrillation, Pacing and Electrogram (ASD2) study were presented during a late-breaking session at Heart Rhythm 2018, the Heart Rhythm Society's 39th Annual Scientific Sessions, May 9-12 in Boston.

Avinger Inc. announced that the company received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for its next-generation Pantheris Lumivascular atherectomy system. Avinger calls it the first-ever image-guided atherectomy device for the treatment of peripheral artery disease. Lumivascular is the only technology, according to the company, that combines real-time intravascular imaging with highly effective catheters for the treatment of PAD. Peripheral artery disease is projected to affect more than 21 million people in the United States alone by 2020.

At the 2018 EuroPCR Annual Meeting in Paris, Medtronic announced first-ever-data from the SPYRAL HTN-ON MED Study. Initial study results found statistically significant and clinically important blood pressure reductions in hypertensive patients prescribed anti-hypertension medications treated with the Symplicity Spyral renal denervation (RDN) system with no major adverse safety events out to six months.

Medtronic announced on May 23, 2018 that it will discontinue marketing for its SEEQ Mobile Cardiac Telemetry (MCT) System to concentrate support on its Reveal LINQ Insertable Cardiac Monitor (ICM) System.

New patient monitoring technologies with wireless connectivity have enabled a revolution in cardiac event and Holter monitoring in the past few years. These technologies have expanded the ability of physicians to monitor patients for weeks, months or years, rather than the standard 24 to 48 hours. This is important, because cardiac arrhythmias often occur as sporadic episodes and traditional monitoring technologies miss these events.

Guerbet LLC USA announced the upcoming launch of SeQure and DraKon, two novel microcatheters for tumor and vascular aneurysm embolization procedures. The company introduced the microcatheters at the Global Embolization Symposium and Technologies (GEST) 2018 U.S., May 17-20 in Miami.

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