In a small pilot study presented at TCT 2013, investigators showed that an innovative, live 3D holographic visualization and interaction technology can effectively guide minimally invasive structural ...

Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a birth defect in babies that causes a hole in the wall (or septum) between a baby’s lower heart chambers. Heart chambers are also called right and left ventricles.

An atrial septal defect is an opening or hole in the wall that sits between the heart’s two upper chambers. The heart’s upper chambers are called the right and left atria. Some people refer to atrial ...

Amsterdam, the Netherlands - The FDA has granted marketing clearance to Royal Philips Electronics for its SONOS 7500 ultrasound device with live 3D echo. The technology is the first to offer ...

Lexington, MA,, April 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas Corporation, a leading provider of diagnostic and enterprise imaging solutions, announced the launch of its ...

A 42-year-old woman with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) was referred for alcohol septal ablation (ASA). She had been diagnosed with HCM 20 years earlier following presentation with ...

Before the era of fibrinolytic reperfusion, free-wall rupture (FWR) complicated 1% to 6% of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) cases, and ventricular septal rupture (VSR), 1% to 3%.

A septal infarct is an area of dead tissue in the septum of the heart, which is a wall of tissue dividing the two sides of the heart. It happens when there is a blockage or reduction in its blood ...