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New Ventricular Septal Defects Following Balloon-Expandable Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.
Authors: Rene AG, Jagasia D, Wickramasinghe SR, Desai N, Szeto W, Vallabhajosyula P, Li RH, Silvestry FE, Giri J, Jha S, Herrmann HC, Anwaruddin S Abstract Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has been commercially approved in the United States for the treatment of high-risk and inoperable patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis. While TAVR has proven benefits with regard to survival and quality of life in studied populations, the procedure is also associated with several well-described complications including stroke, vascular injury, and paravalvular regurgitation. More infrequent complications a...
Source: The Journal of Invasive Cardiology - June 29, 2016 Category: Cardiology Tags: J Invasive Cardiol Source Type: research

Imaging Techniques in Percutaneous Cardiac Structural Interventions: Atrial Septal Defect Closure and Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion
Publication date: Available online 25 June 2016 Source:Revista Española de Cardiología (English Edition) Author(s): Antonio Rodríguez Fernández, Armando Bethencourt González Because of advances in cardiac structural interventional procedures, imaging techniques are playing an increasingly important role. Imaging studies show sufficient anatomic detail of the heart structure to achieve an excellent outcome in interventional procedures. Up to 98% of atrial septal defects at the ostium secundum can be closed successfully with a percutaneous procedure. Candidates for this type of procedure can be identified through a ...
Source: Revista Espanola de Cardiologia - June 25, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Cardiovascular diseases in patients 65 years and younger with non-cardiogenic stroke.
CONCLUSIONS: Aetiologically heterogeneous stroke and cardiogenic stroke are the most commonly observed among young stroke patients. Cardiomyopathy and atrial fibrillation are the most common sources of cerebral embolism in young patients with cardiogenic stroke. Nearly 1/5 of patients with a non-cardiogenic stroke have congenital or acquired structural changes in the heart. PMID: 27279848 [PubMed]
Source: Archives of Medical Science - June 10, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Arch Med Sci Source Type: research

Occlutech wins CE Mark for LAA occluder
Structural heart disease implant developer Occlutech said today it won CE Mark approval in the European Union for its Left Atrial Appendix occluder device designed for the minimally invasive closure of the LAA to reduce the risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation. The Occlutech LAA occluder device consists of a flexible nitinol wire mesh and loop anchoring and sealing technology, the Swiss company said. “We are extremely pleased to be able to provide patients and cardiologists with this innovative product and expect our LAA occluder to significantly add and improve therapy options for patients,” C...
Source: Mass Device - June 2, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Cardiac Implants Cardiovascular Regulatory/Compliance Occlutech GmbH Source Type: news

MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for May 26, 2016
Say hello to MassDevice +5, a bite-sized view of the top five medtech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com’s coverage highlights our 5 biggest and most influential stories from the day’s news to make sure you’re up to date on the headlines that continue to shape the medical device industry. Get this in your inbox everyday by subscribing to our newsletters.   5. Ortho Kinematics wins Health Canada nod for VMA system Ortho Kinematics said today it won Health Canada authorization for its Vertebral Motion Analysis spinal imaging system. The VMA system from Austin, Texas-based Ortho Kinema...
Source: Mass Device - May 26, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: MassDevice Tags: Blog Plus 5 Source Type: news

FDA panel backs St. Jude’s Amplatzer stroke device in 15-1 vote
An FDA panel Tuesday voted 15-1 in support of St. Jude Medical‘s (NYSE:STJ) Amplatzer cardiac implant for treating patent foramen ovale, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. The Amplatzer PFO device is a nitinol and polyester mesh “double disc” that’s designed to close a naturally occurring hole in the heart that poses the risk of thrombosis and stroke. The panel found in favor of the device, saying that a long-running study of it showed a “reasonable assurance” that it was safe for use, according to the paper. In a closer vote, the same panel ruled 11-5 that the device’s benefits o...
Source: Mass Device - May 26, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Cardiac Implants Cardiovascular Food & Drug Administration (FDA) St. Jude Medical Source Type: news

MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for April 13, 2016
Say hello to MassDevice +5, a bite-sized view of the top five medtech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com’s coverage highlights our 5 biggest and most influential stories from the day’s news to make sure you’re up to date on the headlines that continue to shape the medical device industry. Get this in your inbox everyday by subscribing to our newsletters.   5. Toshiba partners with UCI to study potential brain damage in HS football players Toshiba said yesterday it is partnering with the University of California, Irvine to study possible brain damage incurred in high school football ...
Source: Mass Device - April 13, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: MassDevice Tags: News Well Plus 5 Source Type: news

FDA panel to mull St. Jude Medical’s Amplatzer PFO occluder cardiac implant
An FDA advisory panel is slated to review the clinical data behind St. Jude Medical‘s (NYSE:STJ) bid for pre-market approval of its Amplatzer cardiac implant for treating patent foramen ovale. The FDA’s Circulatory System Devices Panel is due to convene May 24 for a hearing on the Amplatzer PFO device,  a nitinol and polyester mesh “double disc” that’s designed to close a naturally occurring hole in the heart that poses the risk of thrombosis and stroke. Back in October 2012, the Amplatzer PFO device failed to meet the primary endpoint in a 980-patient clinical trial comparing it with dr...
Source: Mass Device - April 13, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: Cardiac Implants Clinical Trials Food & Drug Administration (FDA) St. Jude Medical Source Type: news

Percutaneous Closure of Intracardiac Defects in Adults: State of the Art.
Authors: Pineda AM, Mihos CG, Singla S, Santana O, Rhodes J, Sommer RJ, Rihal CS, Beohar N Abstract The number of adults with congenital heart disease is expected to increase over the next decade. Although acquired defects are being increasingly recognized in adults, congenital heart disease remains the most common etiology. With advances in cardiac imaging, device technology, and transcatheter techniques, percutaneous closure is now feasible and safe for most intracardiac defects. Device closure is considered the first-line therapy for a variety of congenital intracardiac defects, including ostium secundum atrial ...
Source: The Journal of Invasive Cardiology - March 11, 2016 Category: Cardiology Tags: J Invasive Cardiol Source Type: research

Atrial Septal Defects and Cardioembolic Strokes
Atrial septal defects (ASDs) can be complicated by cardioembolic strokes, but the exact incidence is unknown. Patients with large and small shunts may present with a cardioembolic stroke. Patients with cryptogenic strokes should have cardiac ultrasound to see if an ASD is present. Cardioembolic strokes associated with ASD principally occur with 2 mechanisms. The first is paradoxic embolism involving a venous-based source of thrombus, which may subsequently pass through the ASD by right-to-left shunting, causing a cardioembolic stroke. The second is atrial fibrillation that can complicate the course of patients with ASDs, e...
Source: Cardiology Clinics - March 9, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Michelle Leppert, Sharon N. Poisson, John D. Carroll Source Type: research

Ischemic Stroke in Children and Young Adults With Congenital Heart Disease Congenital Heart Disease
Conclusions The risk of developing ischemic stroke was almost 11 times higher in young patients with CHD than in the general population, although absolute risk is low. Cardiovascular comorbidities were strongly associated with the development of ischemic stroke in young CHD patients.
Source: JAHA:Journal of the American Heart Association - February 23, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Mandalenakis, Z., Rosengren, A., Lappas, G., Eriksson, P., Hansson, P.-O., Dellborg, M. Tags: Epidemiology, Congenital Heart Disease, Ischemic Stroke Source Type: research

Airplane stroke syndrome
We describe the patient, stroke, and flight characteristics. Over the study period, 131 million passengers arrived at Melbourne airport. Our centre admitted 5727 stroke patients, of whom 42 (0.73%) had flight-related strokes. Flight-related stroke patients were younger (median age 65 versus 73, p<0.001), had similar stroke severity, and received intravenous thrombolysis more often than non-flight-related stroke patients. Seven patients had flight-related intracerebral haemorrhage. The aetiology of the ischaemic strokes was cardioembolic in 14/35 (40%), including seven patients with confirmed PFO, one with atrial sep...
Source: Journal of Clinical Neuroscience - February 20, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

Quantification of Shunt Volume Through Ventricular Septal Defect by Real-Time 3-D Color Doppler Echocardiography: An Study
Quantification of shunt volume is important for ventricular septal defects (VSDs). The aim of the in vitro study described here was to test the feasibility of using real-time 3-D color Doppler echocardiography (RT3-D-CDE) to quantify shunt volume through a modeled VSD. Eight porcine heart phantoms with VSDs ranging in diameter from 3 to 25 mm were studied. Each phantom was passively driven at five different stroke volumes from 30 to 70 mL and two stroke rates, 60 and 120 strokes/min. RT3-D-CDE full volumes were obtained at color Doppler volume rates of 15, 20 and 27 volumes/s.
Source: Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology - February 2, 2016 Category: Radiology Authors: Meihua Zhu, Muhammad Ashraf, Lydia Tam, Cole Streiff, Sumito Kimura, Eriko Shimada, David J. Sahn Tags: Original Contribution Source Type: research

Morphological study of fossa ovalis and its clinical relevance
Conclusion As no study of this nature has been carried out in the Indian population, this provides pertinent information on the morphology of FOv, which may be useful for device selection in treating ASD and PFO.
Source: Indian Heart Journal - January 18, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Jimmy Osmond aged 52 answers our health quiz... 
The veteran performer likes to keep fit by playing golf, but often fails to get his five-a-day. He was born with a hole in the heart, but only discovered this when he suffered a stroke in 2004.
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 15, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news