In a closely watched move – viewed as a big step toward a paradigm shift in how heart valves are repaired in the United ...
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).
One of the biggest trends is the creation of hybrid operating rooms (ORs) that bring together the best of both surgical ...
September 21, 2011
September 15, 2011 – The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) has announced the late breaking trials and first ...
September 16, 2011
September 12, 2011 — Cardiovascular market research firm Zacks Equity Research released a new report discussing high ...
September 12, 2011
August 30, 2011 – Results from a study presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2011 show that ...
August 30, 2011
Feature | By Anke Opitz, M.D.
August 30, 2011 – Single center data of the German Heart Centre in Munich demonstrate a sustained improvement of ...
August 30, 2011
August 29, 2011 — An observational study demonstrates the percutaneous catheter-based MitraClip treatment improves ...
August 29, 2011
August 19, 2011 - Neovasc Inc. accomplished $4.7 million in financing to complete the COSIRA clinical trial for the ...
August 19, 2011
August 8, 2011 – Edwards Lifesciences announced the global launch of the Carpentier-Edwards Physio Tricuspid ...
August 08, 2011
Feature | Dave Fornell
July 21, 2011 – In a closely watched move viewed as a big step toward a paradigm shift in how heart valves are repaired ...
October 25, 2011Feature | Dave Fornell
As part of its efforts to expand integration of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) image guidance with cath lab treatment ...
July 15, 2011
If approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) later this summer, transcatheter valve therapy (TVT) – an ...
June 27, 2011
June 21, 2011 – The Heart Hospital of Austin, a physician-led hospital specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of ...
June 21, 2011
June 21, 2011 – The St. Francis Heart Center in Indianapolis, Ind. announced that it has performed the first post-U.S ...
June 21, 2011
June 14, 2011 – The first successful Chinese implants of the Edwards SAPIEN XT valve were performed in May.
The ...
June 14, 2011