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).

Technology

March 23, 2015 — AtriCure Inc. announced that it has launched the availability of its cryoICE cryo ablation probe (CRYO2 ...

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Mitralign, transcatheter triscupid repair, TTVR, TR, first in human
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March 23, 2015 — A detailed reporting of the first successful case of a direct transcatheter tricuspid repair (TTVR) for ...

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Mitraclip, abbott, mitral valve repair, ACC, transcatheter mitral valve repair
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March 20, 2015 —The commercial track record with transcatheter mitral valve repair, approved for patients at high risk ...

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Videos | Heart Valve Technology

Several late-breaking trials for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) were presented at the American College of ...

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TriGuard, Keystone, embolic protection, TAVR
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March 19, 2015 — An investigational device that deflects debris away from the brain during transcatheter aortic valve ...

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March 18, 2015 — New study results from The Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network (CTSN) show the addition of surgical ...

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Sterne Agee, ACC, Medtronic, Edwards, St. Jude, TAVR, heart failure
Feature | Gregory Chodaczek, analyst for Sterne Agee

March 17, 2015 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) hosted its 64th Annual Scientific Session & Expo over the ...

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CoreValve, high risk study, TAVR, Medtronic, ACC
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March 17, 2015 — New two-year data from the CoreValve U.S. Pivotal High Risk Study, which demonstrated superior two-year ...

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Edwards, Sapien, PARTNER trial, five-year outcomes, ACC
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March 17, 2015 — Five-year data suggest that the Sapien transcatheter heart valve (Edwards Lifesciences) is a feasible ...

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Technology

March 16, 2015 — Boston Scientific Corp. has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the Watchman ...

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March 13, 2015 — AtriCure Inc. announced the first two patients in the Dual Epicardial and Endocardial Procedure (DEEP) ...

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TAVR, TAVI, acc, ACC.15, corevalve
Feature | Gregory Chodaczek, analyst for Sterne Agee

Key data from many transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) clinical trials will be presented as late-breakers at ...

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March 10, 2015 — In an analysis of outcomes of about 12,000 patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve ...

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February 27, 2015 — Four-month-old Jackson Lane has a large scar that looks like a giant zipper down the center of his ...

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February 24, 2015 — In light of a recent American Heart Association report stating that U.S. mitral valve regurgitation ...

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