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 | Cardiovascular Surgery

February 16, 2017 — Western Connecticut Health Network (WCHN) cardiothoracic surgeons Cary Passik, M.D., and Robert ...

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News | Structural Heart Occluders

February 15, 2017 — Doctors at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have implemented the first U.S. Food and Drug ...

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Feature | Hybrid OR | Dave Fornell

In the current era of healthcare reform and the push toward evidence-based medicine to both lower costs and improve ...

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 Intra-atrial shunt device (IASD) to lower left atrial pressure by creating a small left atrial to right atrial shunt.  Abraham said these devices are in early stage development with small studies to show proof of concept and demonstrate safety.
Feature | Heart Failure | Dave Fornell

In the past few years there have been a number of device therapies developed to treat heart failure (HF). This is partly ...

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Videos | Heart Failure

This video, provided by BioVentrix Inc., demonstrates how to implant the Revivent TC System to reduce the volume of the ...

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News | Structural Heart Occluders

February 1, 2017 — Baylor Heart and Vascular Services at Fort Worth in November became the first program in Texas to ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

January 25, 2017 — Edwards Lifesciences Corp. announced that it has closed its acquisition of Valtech Cardio Ltd ...

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News | Structural Heart

January 25, 2017 — Elderly patients with aortic stenosis (AS) and medium surgical risk experienced better than expected ...

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News | Cath Lab

January 23, 2017 — Over 93 percent of heart attack patients are receiving stents within the guideline-recommended ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

January 18, 2017 — The American College of Cardiology recently released new guidance for clinicians and hospitals to use ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

January 17, 2017 — Medtronic plc announced the CE (Conformité Européenne) mark and European launch of the CoreValve ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

January 16, 2017 – In 2015, researchers and physicians at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation (MHIF) were the ...

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News | Leads Implantable Devices

January 13, 2017 — BioTrace Medical Inc. announced in December the first commercial use of the company’s Tempo Temporary ...

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Sponsored Content | Videos | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Detailed imaging is needed to support complex interventions for the assessment and procedure guidance.  See how the GE ...

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