Transcatheter valve replacement, especially transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), took center stage at ...
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).
November 23, 2010 – Boston Scientific will acquire Sadra Medical, a development-stage company in Los Gatos, Calif ...
November 16, 2010 – Analysis of data from the PARTNER trial showed that patients implanted with transcatheter ...
As medical advancements continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in the field of structural heart ...
November 15, 2010 - A catheter procedure that closes a hole in patients’ hearts appears to be no more effective ...
November 3, 2010 – A multicenter CE-mark study has been launched for transapical TAVI system. Hendrik Treede, M.D ...
November 3, 2010 – The first patient has been enrolled into a study comparing a left atrial appendage (LAA) ...
The first-in-man use of the Coherex WaveCrest left atrial appendage (LAA) occluder system was successfully ...
October 25, 2010 – The Hague, Netherlands ruled in favor of Occlutech, a transcatheter structural heart occluder ...

St. Jude Medical Inc. said it plans to acquire AGA Medical Holdings Inc. for about $1.3 billion. The purchase will ...

October 15, 2010 – An investigational trial of Medtronic’s CoreValve transcatheter aortic valve has been approved ...
October 5, 2010 – Edwards Lifesciences has opened a new 300,000-square-foot facility in Draper, Utah, allowing the ...
October 4, 2010 – Germany will reimburse patients who have a left atrial appendage closure procedure in 2011. The ...
September 29, 2010 – Physicians from the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute will lead a clinical trial evaluating ...

Transcatheter valve therapies were among the hottest topics at the 2010 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics ...
September 28, 2010 – The Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2010 symposium featured a live case ...