Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT)

The Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference is the Cardiovascular Research Foundation's (CRF) annual scientific symposium and the largest conference focused on interventional cardiovascular medicine. TCT includes seminars on all areas of intervention cardiology, structural heart, vascular in interventions, peripheral artery disease, and other procedures in the cath lab.

Cardiologist shares his long journey from Libya to United States
Abdel Almanfi, MD, went through years of training in Libya, but then he had to start over once he landed in the United States.
Cardiologists share historic research that led to FDA’s long-awaited approval of coronary DCB
When Boston Scientific’s coronary DCB gained approval in the United States, it was a moment the country's cardiologists had been looking forward to for years. The cardiologists who researched the device have now detailed their findings, highlighting the "unmet need" this technology is addressing.
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Data registries have been a huge success for U.S. structural heart programs
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CroíValve kicks off early feasibility study for new TR device, names cardiologist Martin Leon to advisory board
The company hopes to enroll 15 patients to monitor the safety and effectiveness of its new-look transcatheter device for severe tricuspid regurgitation.

Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, director of Mount Sinai Heart and general director of the Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research.

Cardiologist Valentin Fuster named president of Mount Sinai Heart

The hugely influential doctor will still serve as the general director of the Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research and editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

October 18, 2022

VIDEO: Role of PFO closure in stroke prevention

John Carroll, MD, director of interventional cardiology and professor of medicine at the University of Colorado, explains the state of transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) to prevent stroke.

October 10, 2022

Leadership. Healthcare CEO turnover surged in the final months of 2022, indicating that the disruptive labor challenges that have defined this year may not be over.

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October 4, 2022

High-risk percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with an Impella heart pump is associated with better outcomes, including a significantly higher survival rate, than high-risk PCI with an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP), according to new findings published in the American Journal of Cardiology. Impella Heart Pump Abiomed RECOVER IV RCT cardiogenic shock

Impella heart pumps boost survival up to 81% for cardiogenic shock patients

The heart pumps appear to provide significant benefits for patients with acute myocardial infarction- or myocarditis-related cardiogenic shock.

September 28, 2022

Example of QFR technology, which uses a rotation of the C-arm around the patient to create a 3D model and a color coded map showing the FFR values and drops in blood flow.

FFR-angiography guided lesion selection for PCI improves two-year outcomes in TCT late-breaker

Two-year outcomes of a QFR-guided vessel and lesion selection strategy showed that the benefits of QFR guidance continued to accrue over time compared with standard angiography guidance in patients undergoing PCI.

September 27, 2022

The Medtronic Intrepid transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system performed well in two studies presendted at TCT 2022. #TCT #TCT22 #TCT2022 #TMVR

Intrepid transcatheter mitral valve pilot study shows positive 3-year outcomes

New data on the Medtronic Intrepid transcatheter mitral valve replacement system from the Intrepid Pilot Study and Intermediate-Term Outcomes of the Intrepid Early Feasibility Study, were presented at the 2022 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference.

September 26, 2022

Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) Shockwave Medical PCI PAD CAD trial prsented at SCAI 2022. #DisruptPAD, #DisruptCAD, #SCAI #SCAI22 #SCAI2022

Is IVL equally effective in male and female patients? Shockwave Medical aims to find out with a historic new study

Shockwave announced at TCT 2022 that it hopes to enroll up to 400 patients for a new all-female clinical trial.

September 22, 2022

Transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVr) is associated with “promising” short-term outcomes among patients with a history of cancer, according to new research published in the American Journal of Cardiology. #TEER #TMVR

MitraClip and TriClip TEER devices continue to show positive results

Two late-breaking studies at the 2022 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting provided positive data for Abbott's MitraClip transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR) device and the TriClip for transcatheter tricuspid valve repair (TTVR).

September 21, 2022

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Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT)

Cardiologist shares his long journey from Libya to United States

Cardiologists share historic research that led to FDA’s long-awaited approval of coronary DCB

Why financial literacy is so important for structural heart program directors

Data registries have been a huge success for U.S. structural heart programs

CroíValve kicks off early feasibility study for new TR device, names cardiologist Martin Leon to advisory board

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