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).

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February 1, 2011 – A self-anchoring aortic heart valve has received the CE mark. With the approval, the Perceval S ...

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January 31, 2011 – The first successful transcatheter implantation of a 27 mm transapical aortic valve prosthesis ...

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Continuing to build a portfolio of transcatheter structural heart technology, Boston Scientific today signed a ...

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January 19, 2011 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted conditional approval to modify the ...

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January 12, 2011 – The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) has published a paper on ...

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January 6, 2011 – Boston Scientific has completed its acquisition of transcatheter valve developer Sadra Medical. ...

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December 29, 2010 - Research on reducing risks, improving medical treatment and improving lifestyle behaviors to ...

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December 22, 2010 – The first implants of the Medtronic CoreValve transcatheter aortic valve were made this week ...

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The JenaValve transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) device.
Feature | By Chris S. Malaisrie, M.D. and Attapoom Susupaus, M.D., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute

Aortic stenosis (AS) is one of the most common valvular disorders in older adults, with a prevalence of approximately 8 ...

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December 10, 2010 – European CE mark approval has been granted so the Medtronic CoreValve transcatheter aortic ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

Transcatheter valve replacement, especially transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), took center stage at ...

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November 23, 2010 – Boston Scientific will acquire Sadra Medical, a development-stage company in Los Gatos, Calif ...

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November 16, 2010 – Analysis of data from the PARTNER trial showed that patients implanted with transcatheter ...

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November 15, 2010 - A catheter procedure that closes a hole in patients’ hearts appears to be no more effective ...

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November 3, 2010 – A multicenter CE-mark study has been launched for transapical TAVI system. Hendrik Treede, M.D ...

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