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New data out of ESC Congress 2025 suggest care teams can take a more minimalist approach during a majority of TAVR cases and only treat patients with local anesthesia. In some cases, however, sedation will still be necessary. 

Abbott's Navitor TAVR valve

Abbott's TAVR valve now has CE mark approval for treating low-, intermediate- and high-risk patients who present with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis. The news comes as new data on the valve's safety and effectiveness were just published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.

Recor Medical's Paradise Ultrasound Renal Denervation System

Recor Medical's Paradise Ultrasound Renal Denervation System is the first medical device approved for the treatment of hypertension in Japan. It first gained FDA approval back in 2023.

GE HealthCare Vivid Pioneer cardiovascular ultrasound

The company describes Vivid Pioneer as its “most advanced, ultra-premium and adaptive cardiovascular ultrasound system yet.” It includes new and improved AI capabilities and a compact design that is still fully functional in tight workspaces. 

Edwards Evoque transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement TTVR

Though just a small, single-facility study, these findings help care teams know what to look for when performing transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement.

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Johnson & Johnson MedTech was already ordered to pay $442.2 million in damages for withholding clinical support to healthcare providers. Now the company has been hit with a permanent injunction designed to stop it from being a repeat offender.

Medtronic has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its Evolut FX+ transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) system for the treatment of symptomatic severe aortic stenosis.

The company also launched a new clinical trial designed to follow redo TAVR patients who present with symptomatic bioprosthetic valve failure for up to five years.

San Francisco TCT 2025

This year marks the 37th annual gathering of the popular Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference. What started as a small gathering in 1988 has grown into one of interventional cardiology’s biggest events.

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The cardiologist's bond has been set at $5 million. He will appear in court next on June 22 for a preliminary hearing.

Multiple medical devices used during cardiopulmonary bypass and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation procedures have been voluntarily recalled due to issues with their packaging.

Malissa Wood, MD. explains why Mass General created a program to combat racism and health equity.

Malissa Wood, MD, associate chief of cardiology for diversity and equity at Massachusetts General Hospital, explains the role of health equity in cardiovascular care and what her health system is doing to address it. 

Part of the graphical results from the Cedars-Sinai AI cardiac risk assessment tool from basic data like the patient’s age, gender, weight, heart rate, and blood pressure, and AI interpretation of cardiac imaging.

Cedars-Sinai researchers are developing a deep-learning algorithm to personalize patient cardiac risk predictions in a patient-friendly, graphical report.

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Anders Gilberg, senior vice president of government affairs at the Medical Group Management Association, explains why Congress needs to renew the Medicare geographic pay adjustments in rural areas—to make payments competitive with urban areas and help retain physicians in those communities.

GE Healthcare reports Q2 revenue growth of 3% and lower than expected tariff losses at $550 million.

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