The volume of information attendees receive at the annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) interventional cardiology conference can be overwhelming. So, to prepare for the meeting, here is a list of some key items that will be covered in sessions, live cases and late-breaking trial presentations. It includes videos, articles, news and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearances that will be among the hottest topics at this year’s TCT, in Washington, D.C., Oct. 30 - Nov. 2.
TCT Announces Late-breaking Trials and First Reports
FDA Approves First Totally Bioresorbable Stent
VIDEO: TAVR Beats Surgery — Top News From ACC.16 - Discussion With Vinod Thourani
FDA Clears Lithoplasty Balloon That Shatters Calcified Lesions With Ultrasound
Understanding the Design and Function of Guidewire Technology - Interview With Dimitri Karmpaliotis
Role of Imaging in Bioresorbable Stent Procedures
VIDEO: Post-FDA Approval Experience of LAA Occluders - Discussion With David Holmes
10 Reasons Why You Need Supplemental Imaging in the Cath Lab
VIDEO: Key Bioresorbable Stent Technology Presented at TCT 2015 - Discussion With Dean Kereiakes
Osprey Receives $28 Million in Funding for its Cath Lab Contrast Reduction Technology
Advances and Future Directions for Transcatheter Valves (Includes several VIDEO links)
VIDEO: Impact of TAVR Procedural Volume on Patient Outcomes - Discussion With John Carroll
FDA Expands Sapien TAVR Valve Indication to Intermediate-Risk Patients
VIDEO: What to Look for in CT Structural Heart Planning Software - Discussion With Jonathan Leipsic
Robotics May Aid Implantation of Bioresorbable Stents
VIDEO: Editor's Choice of the Most Innovative New Interventional Cardiology Technologies at TCT 2015
VIDEO: What is Required for Interventional Echo - Discussion With Rebecca Hahn
Two-Year Xeltis Bioabsorbable Valve Data Shows Positive Functionality
VIDEO: State of Therapy for Critical Limb Ischemia - Discussion With Michael Jaff
Update on Atherectomy System Technology
5 Technologies to Reduce Cath Lab Radiation Exposure
VIDEO: New Technology Trends at TCT 2015
Questions Remain on Future of Bioresorbable Stents
VIDEO: Trends in Cardiac Technology on the Show Floor at ACC.16
Questions Remain on DAPT Prolongation
VIDEO: Demonstration of a Transcatheter PFO Occluder Implantation
Study Shows New Brain Lesions in 94 Percent of Patients Following TAVR
VIDEO: Update on U.S. Transradial Access Adoption - Discussion With Sunil Rao
Moderate Sedation Shows Promise for TAVR Patients
Interventional X-ray Advancements in Imaging
Medtronic IN.PACT Admiral Drug-Coated Balloon Approved for Treatment of In-stent Restenosis