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Financing Will Support SpectraWave’s Intracoronary Imaging Technology

February 3, 2021—SpectraWave, Inc. announced a $13.2 million Series A-2 financing to support completion of product development and regulatory filing for its flagship intracoronary imaging product.

Study Analyzes Litigation Related to Cardiac Catheterization

September 9, 2013—Candice Kim, MD, and Mladen I. Vidovich, MD, conducted an investigation of medicolegal characteristics of cardiac catheterization litigation in the United States from 1985 to 2009. The study has been published online ahead of print in the American Journal of Cardiology (Am J Cardiol).

TVT Registry Shows TAVR Outcomes Improve With Higher Volume of Procedures

April 8, 2016—Findings from the national Transcatheter Valve Therapy (TVT) Registry were presented at ACC.16, the American College of Cardiology’s 65th Annual Scientific Session held April 2–4 in Chicago, Illinois.

Cardiovascular Pioneer Edward B. Diethrich, MD, 1935–2017

February 28, 2017—Edward B. Diethrich, MD, a pioneer in noninvasive cardiovascular disease diagnosis and innovative surgical and minimally invasive treatments, succumbed to complications of a brain tumor on February 23 at the age of 81. Dr. Diethrich was an internationally esteemed cardiovascular surgeon, inventor, and philanthropist. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Gloria, two children, and eight grandchildren. A celebration of his life will be planned in the near future. Details will be posted at drteddiethrich.com.

SMART Compares Evolut and Sapien TAVR Devices in Patients With Small Valve Annuli

April 7, 2024—The American College of Cardiology (ACC) announced that findings from the SMART trial demonstrated that patients with a small aortic annulus who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with a supra-annular self-expanding valve had similar clinical outcomes and superior valve performance at 1 year compared with patients who underwent TAVR with a balloon-expandable valve.

St. Jude Medical's RESPECT Trial for PFO Closure Presented at TCT

October 25, 2012—St.