Familiar Anti-Inflammatory Felled by Strokes in TAVR Trial

Familiar Anti-Inflammatory Felled by Strokes in TAVR Trial

(MedPage Today) -- The inflammation suppressant colchicine could show more promise in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) -- if not for excess strokes, as seen in one small randomized study. In the Co-STAR double-blind trial, periprocedural...

TAVIpilot Soft for AI-Driven Intraoperative Guidance Cleared by FDA - Cardiac Interventions Today

July 18, 2025—Caranx Medical, a France-based medical device company that is developing an autonomous robot for access to transcatheter aortic valve implantation/replacement (TAVI/TAVR, recently announced FDA clearance for the United States commercialization of TAVIpilot Soft. TAVIpilot Soft is an artificial intelligence (AI) software for real-time intraoperative guidance of transcatheter heart valve implantation. Caranx is planning the United St…