An 3D echo view of a Neovasc Tiara transcatheter mitral valve. This valve is currently in clinical trials and is ahead of most of the TMVR devices in development.
Edwards Lifesciences puchased Valtech to acquire the CardioBand transcatheter annuloplasty system technology. It received market clearance in Europe in April 2018.

May 4, 2018 — Transcatheter valve technology has been advancing very quickly and the links to aggregated content from the past year below offer a concise update. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) use has greatly expanded over the past several years. The Boston Scientific Lotus TAVR valve is now positioned to most likely become the third TAVR device available on the U.S. market in the next 18 months.

May 3, 2018 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled, “Pregnant Women: Scientific and Ethical Considerations for Inclusion in Clinical Trials.”

EuroSciCon Congress on Heart Disease and Interventional Cardiology

May 3, 2018 — APN Health LLC announced its Navik 3D mapping system is commercially released and in clinical use. The first clinical case using the technology was performed on March 22 at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee.

May 3, 2018 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted market clearance for the Abbott Advisor HD Grid Mapping Catheter, Sensor Enabled. The new electrophysiology (EP) mapping catheter design allows physicians to see things differently during transcatheter EP cardiac ablation procedures. This includes capturing and analyzing data in a novel manner to create highly detailed maps of the heart that better differentiate healthy from unhealthy tissue. 

ACC 2018 Middle East Conference

ACC Latin America Conference

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