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).

News | Heart Valve Technology

May 11, 2018 — A new study looked at the effectiveness of a novel risk tool to predict 30-day readmission rates in ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

May 11, 2018 — Medtronic plc announced two-year outcomes for the Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve (TPV) from its ea ...

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News | Structural Heart

May 11, 2018 — The post-approval study evaluating the safety and efficacy of MitraClip in a real-world, commercial ...

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News | Embolic Protection Devices

May 8, 2018 — One-year results from the Sentinel Cerebral Protection System show it can reduce the incidence of stroke d ...

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An 3D echo view of a Neovasc Tiara transcatheter mitral valve. This valve is currently in clinical trials and is ahead of most of the TMVR devices in development.
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May 4, 2018 — Transcatheter valve technology has been advancing very quickly and the links to aggregated content from ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

May 1, 2018 — Edwards Lifesciences Corp.announced that it received CE Mark for the Edwards Cardioband Tricuspid Valve ...

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April 26, 2018 — The European Patent Office (EPO) has revoked Edward Lifesciences’ Corp.’s European patent EP 2,399,550 ...

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A CT scan assessment of the femoral access route challenges for a recent Central DuPage Hospital TAVR candidate. This image and the measurements were discussed by the heart team during its weekly meeting to determine if the TAVR delivery catheters could navigate the disease femoral artery and what options might best serve this patient.
Feature | Heart Valve Technology | Dave Fornell

While there is fear by many about the trend of hospitals consolidating into larger healthcare systems, one advantage ...

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A transcaval access TAVR procedure, showing a guide wire in the vena cava and a snare located in the aorta to pull the guide wire through.
Feature | Heart Valve Technology | Dave Fornell

Patient selection for who is best suited for a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure is partly based ...

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Videos | Heart Valve Technology

Northwestern Medicine has purchased several smaller Chicago suburban hospitals in the past few years to expand its ...

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April 6, 2018 —  University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute has officially opened the APOLLO trial ...

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Technology | Structural Heart Occluders

April 3, 2018 — Following the unprecedented Gore REDUCE Clinical Study conclusion that closure of patent foramen ovale ...

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Here is the list of the most popular articles and videos on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) magazine ...

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March 30, 2018 — LivaNova PLC announced the first patient enrollment in the Perceval Valve Clinical study for Chinese ...

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