News — STSA – STSA 65th Annual Meeting for the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association will be held at the Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort in Amelia Island, FL – Nov 7 – 10, 2018 – Booth No. 113 … [Read more]

News — EACTS – 32nd EACTS Annual Meeting in Milan, Italy – Oct 18 – 20, 2018 – Booth No. A13… [Read more]

Event — EACTS – EACTS Aortic Valve Repair Summit 2018 in Paris, France – June 18-19, 2018 … [Read more]

Event — AATS – 98th Annual Meeting & Exhibition in San Diego, CA – Apr 28 – May 1, 2018 … [Read more]

News — 67th ESCVS Congress – Cardiac Symposium IX: Aortic Valve Surgery – Aortic valve repair with Biostable Heart Ring on Apr 14, 2018 … [Read more]

Video — San Antonio, TX – July 12, 2018 (video from KENS-TV) Brand new heart surgery saves San Antonio teen’s life – First surgery in Texas to receive FDA approved HAART 300 Aortic Annuloplasty Device … A 15-year-old San Antonio boy who has a heart defect is getting a second chance at life thanks to a brand new procedure he was the first to receive. [Read more]

Article — Chicago, IL – March 29, 2018 (article from Northwestern Medicine) Northwestern Memorial Hospital Surgeon First in Illinois to Repair Aortic Valve with Novel Ring – HAART 300 Aortic Annuloplasty Device Duplicates the Heart’s Anatomy … “Repairing a valve is always better than replacing a valve, and until now we have never had an aortic annuloplasty device for repair,” said Dr. Malaisrie, who is also an associate professor of surgery – cardiac surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. “There’s a bright future for aortic valve repair, and this device provides another opportunity for us to do so with better and longer-lasting repairs.” … [Read more]

Article — Ormond Beach, FL – Feb 28, 2018 (article from Ormond Beach Observer) Heart procedure performed first time in Florida – Local coach has aortic valve repaired. … “Dr. Holt said Yocam looked like a good candidate for the new procedure invented by Dr. Scott Rankin, a professor of surgery at West Virginia University. Rather than replace the aortic valve, a ring, called a HAART 300 Aortic Annuloplasty Device, is installed to support the valve opening.” … “It’s always better if you can save a person’s tissues.” … [Read more]

Article — Indianapolis, IN – Dec 14, 2017 (article from WTTV TV – CBS4-Web) 40-year-old vet gets life and service back with heart repair … “Dr. Gerdisch recommended a new heart valve to Jason. It’s called the heart 300. It essentially helps support the flaps that open and close to allow blood in and out. Four days after surgery, Jason’s heart was pumping so efficiently. … ‘This device really is intended to reshape and reform the architecture around the leaflets,’ says Dr. Gerdisch. ‘So the leaflets move into a more normal position and then function well again.'” … [Read more]