Cardiologists are restricting the use of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) to very old or very sick ...
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).
September 17, 2012 — The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) announced the late-breaking trials and first report ...
Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology Editor Dave Fornell shares his choices of the latest advances in cardiac ...
As medical advancements continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in the field of structural heart ...
Sept. 4, 2012 — Medtronic has reached two clinical program milestones for its CoreValve transcatheter aortic valve ...
August 17, 2012 —Xeridiem, a vertically integrated OEM that designs, develops and manufactures complex single-use ...
Due to the increasing number of transcatheter aortic valve replacements (TAVR) and endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) ...
Interventional procedures are growing rapidly and becoming more specialized in diverse areas of care. In the next ...
Trends and new technology for cardiac computed tomography angiography (CCTA) were highlighted during the 2012 Society of ...
July 23, 2012 — Medtronic Inc. announced the first patient enrollment in a global, multicenter, randomized clinical ...
July 16, 2012 — Cardiosolutions Inc., an early-stage company focused on the development of an innovative percutaneous ...
July 11, 2012 — St. Jude Medical received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the ...
July 6, 2012 — Boston Scientific Corp. has completed enrollment in the PREVAIL confirmatory study, designed to gain U.S ...
Three big trends were seen in cardiovascular ultrasound during the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) 2012 ...
June 20, 2012 — Echocardiography is playing a key role in both the assessment and guidance of transcatheter aortic valve ...
June 18, 2012 — St. Jude Medical Inc. announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance and ...