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 | Structural Heart

January 20, 2016 — On the 100th anniversary of the Endurance expedition to Antarctica led by Sir Ernest Shackleton ...

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At the beginning of each year, I always try to determine what the next big cardiovascular technology advances to watch ...

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January 15, 2016 — 2016 is starting off a whole lot better than last year for 14-year-old Oswaldo Jimenez of Salem, Ore ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

January 15, 2016 — Patients between the ages of 40 and 70 who undergo aortic valve replacement (AVR) may fare better ...

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News | Heart Failure

January 15, 2016 — CardioKinetix Inc. announced that it has enrolled more than half of the subjects in its pivotal ...

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January 15, 2016 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given its approval for an expanded indication study ...

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News | Congenital Heart

January 14, 2016 — Cornell biomedical engineers have discovered natural triggers that could reduce the chance of life ...

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News | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders

January 6, 2016 — A new study determined that the Watchman left atrial appendage closure device is more cost-effective ...

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News | Heart Failure

December 29, 2015 — BioVentrix in mid-December announced the successful completion of the 30th clinical case using the ...

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News | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders

December 29, 2015 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) launched the new Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion (LAAO) ...

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December 22, 2015 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has launched a new Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)/ACC ...

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News | ACC

December 22, 2015 — In 2015, results from the ITALIC and CvLPRIT trials, along with studies examining lifestyle factors ...

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Feature | Medical 3-D Printing

December 14, 2015 — Citing increased use of its Materialise Mimics Innovation Suite in hospitals and other clinical ...

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December 14, 2015 — Vital Images Inc. announced a partnership with Stratasys Ltd., a 3-D printing and additive ...

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Technology | Cath Lab Navigation Aids

December 14, 2015 — As the field of interventional medicine grows, so do the challenges for clinicians to plan, guide ...

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