Cardiovascular Surgery

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

Partnership will bring Butterfly’s Ultrasound-on-Chip to the robotic intervention market, with revenue anticipated from every unit sold upon commercialization

News | Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Butterfly Network Announces Commercial Agreement with Mendaera for Next-Generation Interventional Robotic System Powered by Butterfly's Ultrasound-on-Chip Technology

December 27, 2023 — Butterfly Network, Inc., a digital health company transforming care through the power of portable ...

December 27, 2023

Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH), part of Northwell Health, proudly announces its inclusion among the select few hospitals in Northwell Health to achieve the coveted three-star overall quality ratings by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for its outstanding cardiothoracic surgery program

News | STS

Staten Island University Hospital's Cardiothoracic Program Achieves Prestigious STS Three-Star Quality Ratings

December 20, 2023 — Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH), part of Northwell Health, proudly announces its inclusion ...

December 20, 2023

Experts at the Smidt Heart Institute's new Aortic Surveillance Clinic will monitor patients with aortic aneurysms (illustrated here) or enlarged aortas. Image by Getty.

News | Cardiovascular Surgery

Smidt Heart Institute Opens Aortic Surveillance Clinic

December 20, 2023 — The Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai has opened an Aortic Surveillance Clinic for the ...

December 20, 2023

Smidt Heart Institute investigators develop algorithm that uses electrocardiograms to risk-stratify patients, prescribe appropriate treatment

News | Artificial Intelligence

New Artificial Intelligence Tool Predicts Mortality After Heart Surgeries

December 18, 2023 — An artificial intelligence (AI) tool developed by investigators at the Smidt Heart Institute at ...

December 18, 2023

Rating measures quality, safety, and outcomes of the five most common heart procedures

News | Cardiovascular Surgery

Cardiovascular Surgery at the Mount Sinai Hospital Wins Highest Quality National Ratings from Society of Thoracic Surgeons

December 18, 2023 — The Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at The Mount Sinai Hospital has received the highest ...

December 18, 2023

Team Bath Heart’s artificial heart wins top prize at international engineering & design contest

News | Artificial Heart

Heart of Gold: Bath Student Team Wins World Heart Hackathon Competition

November 20, 2023 — Student engineers from the University of Bath are on top of the world after winning an international ...

November 20, 2023

News | Artificial Heart

Total Artificial Heart Developer BiVACOR Mechanical Engineer Receives Sezai Innovation Award at ISMCS Annual Conference

November 10, 2023 — BiVACOR, a clinical-stage medical device company developing the Total Artificial Heart (TAH), has ...

November 10, 2023

The University of Maryland Medical Center released a statement on the Oct. 30 passing of Lawrence Faucette, a 58-year-old patient with terminal heart disease who received the world’s second genetically-modified pig heart transplant Sept. 20 in a landmark cardiac xenotransplantation procedure.

News | Cardiovascular Surgery

UMMC Issues Statement on Passing of Man Who Received Second Pig Heart Transplant, Mourns Loss of Remarkable Patient, Scientist, Navy Veteran

November 2, 2023 — The University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) released a statement on the passing of a patient ...

November 02, 2023

Edwards Lifesciences announced new data from the PARTNER 3 trial demonstrating continued low rates of all-cause mortality, disabling stroke and rehospitalization at five years

News | Cardiovascular Surgery

Five-year Data from Partner 3 Trial Demonstrate Excellent Survival for Patients Receiving Edwards Sapien 3 Valve

October 25, 2023 — Edwards Lifesciences announced new data from the PARTNER 3 trial demonstrating continued low rates of ...

October 25, 2023

The ALIGN-AR trial is a landmark prospective, single-arm investigation device exemption (IDE) study designed to assess the safety and efficacy of the Trilogy THV System

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

JenaValve Announces ALIGN-AR Pivotal Data to be Presented During the Late-Breaking Clinical Trial Sessions at TCT 2023

October 20, 2023 — JenaValve Technology, Inc., developer and manufacturer of the Trilogy Transcatheter Heart Valve (THV) ...

October 20, 2023

Published late-breaking clinical data presented at TCT 2023

News | Cath Lab

Philips Showcases Latest Medical Innovations and Solutions for Patients with Cardiovascular Disease TCT23

October 20, 2023 — Over the coming days, Philips will be presenting its latest solutions in cardiology and new late ...

October 20, 2023

Study in low-risk patients reveals 5-year survival rate of 93%

News | Cardiovascular Surgery

Largest US Cardiac Database Shows Excellent Long-term Survival After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement

October 18, 2023 — A study published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery demonstrates outstanding long-term survival ...

October 18, 2023

News | Cardiovascular Surgery

Walgreens and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation Unite to Improve Recognition and Diagnosis of Valvular Heart Disease for Older Americans

October 18, 2023 — Walgreens and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) announced a collaboration to drive forward ...

October 18, 2023

Theodore Teruya, MD, and Sally Schonefeld, MD, Join Huntington Health, an affiliate of Cedars-Sinai, expanding vascular surgery expertise in San Gabriel Valley

News | Cardiovascular Business

Smidt Heart Institute Welcomes 2 Pasadena-Based Vascular Surgeons

October 3, 2023 — Vascular surgeons Theodore Teruya, MD, and Sally Schonefeld, MD, have joined the Division of Vascular ...

October 03, 2023

Xenotransplant surgery in progress. Image courtesy of the University of Maryland School of Medicine

News | Heart Failure

UM Medicine Faculty-Scientists and Clinicians Perform Second Historic Transplant of Pig Heart into Patient with End-Stage Cardiovascular Disease

September 25, 2023 — After world’s first successful transplant in 2022, also performed at the University of Maryland ...

September 25, 2023