Canon launches new TAVR technology to help structural heart programs meet rising demand

Canon Medical Informatics has officially launched a new application for its Vitrea Advanced Visualization system that helps clinicians before, during and after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures.

TAVR continues to gain momentum as a go-to treatment option for severe aortic stenosis, especially now that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved Medicare coverage for treating asymptomatic patients. Canon had the procedure’s growing demand in mind when it built Vitrea TAVR Assist+, a new workflow automation application that makes care teams much more productive.  

TAVR Assist+ automates key steps of the process while still ensuring clinicians oversee procedures every step of the way. This helps cardiologists spend less time entering data, for example, and gives them more time to review patient data and make critical decisions.  

“Structural heart programs are growing, and with that growth comes increasing pressure on the specialized teams responsible for TAVR planning,” Karthick Nalladevan, senior product manager of Canon Medical Informatics, told Cardiovascular Business. “It's a complex workflow, and highly skilled clinicians often spend too much of their time on mouse mileage with repetitive post-processing tasks rather than the work that most benefits from their expertise. That's the challenge we set out to address with TAVR Assist+. By automating key planning steps and helping standardize the workflow, we're helping reduce repetitive mouse mileage while keeping the clinician firmly in control.”