Cardiovascular Surgery

This channel includes news and new technology innovations for cardiac surgery. This includes coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG) and surgical valve replacements.

News | Artificial Heart

March 10, 2020 —  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the SynCardia Systems 50cc temporary Total ...

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ACC issues document outlining COVID-19 Implications For Patients With Underlying Cardiovascular Conditions. The COVID-19 mortality rate for patients cardiovascular disease is 10.5 percent based of data from Chinese hospitals since the outbreak. COVID-19 fatality rates for patients with comorbidities are higher than the average population, but cardiac patients had the highest death rate. #COVID19 #coronavirus #2019nCoV #SARS‐CoV‐2
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

March 9, 2020 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) is offering updates on the clinical impact of novel coronavirus ...

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News | Heart Failure

March 5, 2020 — Abbott recently received Breakthrough Device designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA ...

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News | Cardiovascular Surgery

February 27, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent a safety communication this week to healthcare to ...

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A 3-D reconstruction of a cardiac CT scan showing an implanted Medtronic CoreValve TAVR device. Imagine courtesy of TeraRecon. #TAVR #TAVI
Feature | Heart Valve Technology | Dave Fornell, Editor

In August 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded the indication for the use of transcatheter aortic ...

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News | Heart Failure

February 12, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Carmat's investigational device exemption ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

January 31, 2020 — A new study from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai and other centers nationwide shows that ...

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News | Robotic Systems

January 20, 2020 — Research has found that repairing the mitral valve earlier, before the mitral valve prolapse ...

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News | Cardiac Rehabilitation

January 15, 2020 – Too few people covered by Medicare participated in outpatient cardiac rehabilitation after a heart ...

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Videos | Cath Lab

Haval Chweich, M.D., medical director of the cardiac critical care unit (CCU) at Tufts Medical Center, and assistant ...

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News | Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)

January 7, 2020 — Abbott announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of a new alternative surgical ...

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News | Cath Lab | Dave Fornell, Editor

January 2, 2020 — In early December 2019, leaders of the European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS) withdre ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

While transcatheter heart valve replacement and repair devices are growing in popularity due to their delivery and ...

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News | Hemodynamic Support Devices

November 4, 2019 — Abbott is recalling its CentriMag Acute Circulatory Support System due to a calibration system error ...

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News | Venous Therapies

October 31, 2019 – In a large series of iliac vein stent cases, a blinded comparison found intravascular ultrasound ...

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