Rochester, MN - A case report of a patient who suffered erosion of an Amplatzer septal-occluder device (St Jude Medical) six years after it was implanted, resulting in cardiac tamponade and ...

Long-term survival after transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defects (ASD) is similar to that achieved after surgical closure, but the former method is far more likely to require ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.--W. L. Gore & Associates today reported the first patient enrolled in the GORE® Septal Occluder Clinical Study evaluating the safety and efficacy of the new GORE Septal Occluder in ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Gore Cardioform septal occluder for closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) to prevent recurrent ischemic stroke, the manufacturer, WL Gore & ...

NEW YORK - March 12, 2019-The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) is pleased to announce that the latest issue of Structural Heart: The Journal of the Heart Team features original research ...

Patients undergoing transcatheter atrial septal defect (ASD) closure did not have worsening migraines after completing a course of dual antiplatelet therapy, the CANOA investigators found. Overall, ...