Heart Valve Technology

This channel includes news and new device innovations about heart valve technologies, including the aortic valve, mitral valve, pulmonic valve, and tricuspid valve. This includes information on transcatheter valve technologies like transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR, or implantation TAVI), transcatheter mitral valve repair or replacement (TMVR), transcatheter and surgical valve repairs, and surgical replacement valves. Newer devices are now being used for transcatheter tricuspid valve repair replacement (TTVR). 

Videos | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

DAIC Editor Dave Fornell highlights some of the biggest trends and most innovative technology discussed during the ...

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July 12, 2013 — Virginia Anderer, a Chicago native living in southern California, was the first patient in San Diego and ...

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July 9, 2013 — Researchers have announced the results of a clinical study that shows a key difference in the patient’s ...

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FDA US device innovation
Feature | Anita Asgar, M.D., FSCAI

The field of interventional cardiology is one of constant change and innovation. The past 10 years have documented ...

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June 17, 2013 — Valtech Cardio Ltd. announced that two patients diagnosed with severe mitral regurgitation (MR) have ...

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June 13, 2013 — Abbott announced publication of positive outcomes from two European post-approval studies of the ...

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June 10, 2013 — Direct Flow Medical Inc. announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug ...

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June 3, 2013 — Medtronic Inc. announced it has received CE mark for valve-in-valve (VIV) procedures using the CoreValve ...

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May 30, 2013 — Cerebral function is the essence of quality of life. Its preservation throughout medical procedures is a ...

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May 29, 2013 — The Lotus Valve, a second-generation transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) device, was ...

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May 28, 2013 — Direct Flow Medical Inc. said it met its primary endpoint in the fully-enrolled, 100-patient DISCOVER CE ...

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May 24, 2013 — Neovasc Inc. reported positive animal data from its Tiara program for the transcatheter treatment of ...

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May 16, 2013 — Sorin Group has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its Investigational Device ...

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Philips introduced CX50 xMatrix architecture designed to support advanced fluoro integration with the EchoNavigator system. It aligns TEE views with live fluoroscopy to enhance navigation in complex structural heart procedures. Transesophageal echo (TEE).
Feature | Dave Fornell

The development of 3-D transesophageal echo (TEE) just a few years ago has enabled a new generation of interventional ...

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May 13, 2013 — Live demonstration, transmission or recording of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has been ...

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