March 18, 2013 — Edwards Lifesciences Corporation announced that preliminary results from The PARTNER II clinical trial ...
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).

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2013 Scientific Session Committee Chairman Miguel Quinones, M.D., explains some ...
March 7, 2013 — A newly identified genetic variant doubles the risk of calcium buildup in the heart’s aortic valve ...

February 28, 2013 — Medtronic Inc. announced European CE (Conformité Européenne) mark approval for its Engager ...
February 26, 2013 — Medtronic Inc. announced it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to conduct an ...
February 19, 2013 — CardioLogical Solutions is an emerging cardiovascular device company formed by the merger of ...
February 13, 2013 — St. Jude Medical Inc announced the first patient implant of its 25 mm Portico Transcatheter Aortic ...

February 6, 2013 — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that more than 500 organizations will ...

February 1, 2013 — Direct Flow Medical Inc. has received CE mark for its distinctive transcatheter aortic heart valve ...

To help identify trends and find out what DAIC readers are interested in, the magazine takes note of what they click on ...
January 21, 2013 — A heart valve procedure intended to treat patients with severe aortic stenosis and individuals who ...
January 16, 2013 — Open heart surgery may be a dying art, as new valve replacement techniques offer life-changing ...
January 16, 2013 — CardioLogical Solutions, a new cardiovascular device company, announced it has initiated operations ...
January 8, 2013 — CardiAQValve Technologies Inc. received $37.3 million in funding in its second round of equity ...
January 3, 2013 — The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) announced the publication of the SCCT Expert ...