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Piedmont Heart Physicians Perform First EVOQUE Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement on East Coast   

March 2024

Piedmont Heart Valve Teams Earn Top Quality Ratings   

September 2023

Five-Year Follow-up after Transcatheter Repair of Secondary Mitral Regurgitation  

New England Journal of Medicine

June 2023

Cerebral Embolic Protection During Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement   

New England Journal of Medicine

September 2022

Heart Talk Podcast Featuring Dr. Vinod Thourani and Amy Simone, PA-C   

Medaxiom

August 2022

Watch Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day Webinar  

February 2022

Valvular Heart Disease in the Real World: A Patient-Friendly Treatment Discussion  

Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day

February 2022

La Mesa Veteran Turns 100 With a Little Help From His High-Tech Heart   

The San Diego Union-Tribune

February 2022

Video: Cardiac Surgeon and Valve Patient Find Musical Connection 

January 2022

Commentary: Explanting a TAVR Prosthesis: A Future Necessary Evil?  

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

January 2022

Piedmont Performs First in U.S. HighLife Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement 

September 2021

2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease  

Cardiac Interventions Today

April 2021

Dr. Thourani Honored as Heart Valve Awareness Innovator on Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day  

ValveDiseaseDay.org

February 2021

Focus Issue on Imaging for Best Outcomes in Structural Heart Interventions  

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

January 2021

Edwards Treats First Patient In U.S. Clinical Trial Evaluating Minimally Invasive Device For Mitral Valve Disease 

BioSpace

December 2020

Piedmont Performs Its First Procedure as Part of CLASP IID Trial Involving Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair System 

Piedmont Healthcare

September 2020

A Word of Thanks to Our Referring Providers During COVID 

Marcus Heart Valve Center

August 2020

Q&A with Dr. Vinod Thourani  

Cardiovascular News

June 2020

Cardiothoracic Surgeons Offer Compassion, Perseverance, and Experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Society of Thoracic Surgeons

May 2020

TAVR in TAVR: The Future is Now  

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

April 2020

Five-Year Outcomes of Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement

New England Journal of Medicine

January 2020

Piedmont Heart Institute First in Georgia to Use New Minimally-Invasive Approach for Treating Heart Failure

Piedmont Healthcare

December 2019

Timing of Intervention in Aortic Stenosis

New England Journal of Medicine

November 2019

Novel Multiphase Assessment for Predicting Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction Before Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

October 2019

Aortic Stenosis: The Emperor's New Clothes

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

October 2019

Short-term Results with Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Treatment of Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients with Symptomatic Aortic Insufficiency

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

September 2019

TAVR is Now an Option for Many More Heart Patients Like Terry Hill

WSB-TV

September 2019

Survivor: Allen Brady Has Made it Through 6 Years as POW and Aortic Valve Disease

Eye on Veterans Radio Show

June 2019

Piedmont Atlanta is First Hospital in U.S. to Use New Minimally Invasive Valve Replacement Technology in Patient with Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease

Piedmont Healthcare

May 2019

Piedmont Heart Performs First Two Tricuspid Valve Repair Procedures with the 4TECH TriCinch™ Coil System in the U.S.

Piedmont Healthcare

December 2018

Marcus Heart Valve Learning Center Garners Award for Educational Content

eHealthcare Leadership Awards

November 2018

Bernie Marcus Tours Construction Site 24 Hours After Life-Saving Surgery

Piedmont Healthcare

October 2018

Outcomes of Patients With Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis Followed Up in Heart Valve Clinics

JAMA Cardiology

October 2018

Transcatheter Mitral-Valve Repair in Patients with Heart Failure

New England Journal of Medicine

September 2018

Late Conduction Defects After TAVR: Finding 'Sweet Spot' for Early Discharge

TCTMD

August 2018

Hemodynamic and Echocardiographic Comparison of the Lotus and CoreValve Transcatheter Aortic Valves in Patients With High and Extreme Surgical Risk: An Analysis From the REPRISE III Randomized Controlled Trial

Circulation

March 2018

Effect of Mechanically Expanded vs Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement on Mortality and Major Adverse Clinical Events in High-Risk Patients With Aortic Stenosis

JAMA

January 2018

Marcus Heart Valve Learning Center Earns Gold for Educational Content

eHealthcare Leadership Awards

October 2017

Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Therapies: A Look at the State of this Final Valve Frontier

Cardiac Interventions Today

July/August 2017

Unique 3-D Printed Models Could Improve Patient Outcomes in Heart Valve Replacements

Georgia Tech Research Horizons

July 2017

Early Feasibility Study of a Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Annuloplasty SCOUT Trial 30-Day Results

Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC)

April 2017

Piedmont Hospital Performs First-of-its-kind Heart Surgery

WSBTV

December 2016

3-D Printing Gets a Heart

Georgia Tech Research Horizons

December 2016

Collaboration Allows TAVR to Reach its Potential

Cardiac Interventions Today

November / December 2016

Georgia Woman One of First to Test New Heart Procedure

Fox5 Atlanta

August 2016

Heart Surgery Experiment Gives 76-year-old Rare Chance

WXIA-TV

March 2016