At the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) annual meeting, Sept. 21–25 in San Diego, Philips is showcasing its latest solutions in interventional cardiology. These solutions combine imaging systems, planning and navigation software, and specialized diagnostic and therapeutic devices, helping clinicians conduct procedures that are fast, efficient and personalized.

September 19, 2018 — Abiomed Inc. announces its initiatives at the 30th Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an investigational device exemption (IDE) to initiate a new single-arm study of Medtronic’s CoreValve Evolut transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) system in patients with bicuspid aortic valves. All patients in the study will be at low risk of surgical mortality. Medtronic separately received FDA approval for revised commercial labeling for the CoreValve Evolut TAVR system that removed a precaution for the treatment of bicuspid severe aortic stenosis patients deemed at intermediate or greater risk for surgical aortic valve replacement.

Raymond Kwong, M.D., MPH, from the Harvard Medical School recently presented his findings on a study of how single-center stress cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) research studies have shown excellent values in management of patients with suspected ischemia. Kwong, who is also a member of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) presented his findings at the 2018 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress, Aug. 25-29 in Munich, Germany.

September 17, 2018 — The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus recently became the first healthcare ...

In February 2018, a workshop was held at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, to explore ...