Structural Heart

This structural heart channel includes news, videos, podcasts and other content related to diagnosis and treatment of structural heart disease. Topics covered include heart valve repair and replacement, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR), transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement (TTVR), left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion, heart failure interventional device therapies, and closing holes in the heart using, including occlusion of atrial septal defects (ASDs), ventricular septal defects (VSDs) and patent foramen ovales (PFOs).

Two of the top news items from January included news atrial fibrillation guidelines that now recommend new anticoagulants (NOACs) over warfarin, and the FDA warning hospitals about the increased mortality found in one study involving pacitaxel-eluting stents and balloon devices for the peripheral arteries.
Feature | Dave Fornell, Editor

February 1, 2019 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) m ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

January 29, 2019 — Thubrikar Aortic Valve Inc. announced the first human implant of the Optimum TAV using their transcat ...

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January 29, 2019 — LivaNova PLC announced the publication of three separate studies highlighting the performance of its ...

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An example of multimodality image fusion with live angiography to enhance soft-tissue visualization during complex procedures. This example is from Siemen's new TrueFusion software released in 2018. Advances in angiography imaging.
Feature | Angiography | Dave Fornell, Editor

There are a few recent trends in X-ray angiography imaging systems that hospitals should be aware of if they are looking ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

January 28, 2019 — Lenox Hill Hospital is the first hospital in New York City to successfully implant Abbott’s Tendyne t ...

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News | Structural Heart Occluders

January 16, 2019 — Abbott announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Amplatzer Piccolo Occluder ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

January 15, 2019 — Boston Scientific Corp. and Edwards Lifesciences Corp. announced that the companies have reached an ...

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The implantation of a MitraClip is guided under live transesophageal echo (TEE). This image shows the operator moving the open clip into position and engaging the mitral valve leaflets. The clip appears as a arrowhead shape in the ultrasound with the leaflets coming off each side. Photo from a MitraClip procedure at the University of Colorado Hospital. Dr. Dominick Wiktor. The TEE is from a Philips Epiq system.
Feature | Heart Valve Technology | Allen Atchley, M.D., FACC, The Chattanooga Heart Institute

Mitral regurgitation (MR) is one of the most common types of heart valve diseases in the United States, affecting ...

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News | Computed Tomography (CT)

January 8, 2019 — The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) has released a new expert consensus document ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

January 7, 2019 — JC Medical announced the successful treatment of the first U.S. patient with the company’s ...

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Videos | Structural Heart

John Carroll, M.D., FACC, FSCAI, director of interventional cardiology, and Robert Quaife, M.D., director of advanced ...

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Videos | Cath Lab

This is a walk through inside one of the cardiac hybrid cath labs at the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora ...

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