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).

BRAVO 3 trial results, bivalirudin, heparin, anticoagulation, TAVR, TCT 2015
Feature | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies

October 20, 2015 — Results from the BRAVO 3 trial found that bivalirudin did not significantly reduce major bleeding ...

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Amaranth Fortitute Bioresorbable stent
Feature | TCT | Tom Watson, BS, RCVT, Clinical Analyst, MD Buyline

There were several overarching technology trends seen at the 2015 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) annual ...

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RESPECT trial, long-term study results, TCT 2015, PFO closure, recurrent cryptogenic stroke
Feature | Stroke

October 16, 2015 — Long-term study results from the RESPECT trial found that closing a patent foramen ovale (PFO) with ...

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Claret embolic protection, TAVR, cerebral protection
Feature | Heart Valve Technology

October 14, 2015 — Claret Medical, an innovator in cardiovascular cerebral protection, Data presented this week at ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

October 15, 2015 — Edwards Lifesciences Corp. announced that details on the 13 first-in-human compassionate use cases wi ...

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PARTNER II Trial, TCT 2015, Edwards Lifesciences, Sapien 3 valve, one-year results
Feature | Heart Valve Technology

October 15, 2015 — One-year patient outcomes from the PARTNER II trial showed the low rate of 30-day complications with ...

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Technology | Heart Valve Technology

October 15, 2015 — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Edwards Lifesciences Sapien XT transcatheter ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

October 14, 2015 — Boston Scientific Corp. announced it has closed on an additional round of financing with MValve ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

September 18, 2015 — St. Jude Medical Inc. announced European CE Mark approval for the 27mm and 29mm Portico transcathet ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

September 15, 2015 — coramaze technologies GmbH, a German medical device company, announced the closing of a EUR 4.5 ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

September 14, 2015 — Startup cardiovascular device manufacturer Valtech Cardio Ltd. announced it has received CE Marking ...

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News | Hypertension

September 10, 2015 — Sunshine Heart Inc. announced commencement of a new study examining the impact of the C-Pulse ...

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September 10, 2015 — The Carillon mitral contour system is projected to be a cost-effective treatment option when ...

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News | Heart Failure

September 8, 2015 — Sunshine Heart Inc. announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an amendment ...

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News | Stem Cell Therapies

September 4, 2015 — Gene transfer therapy to correct an enzyme abnormality involved in myocardial contraction and ...

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