Thursday, April 4, 2013

FDA's new global cardiovascular registry to start with transcatheter heart valves


FDA's new global cardiovascular registry to start with transcatheter heart valves-massdevice: The FDA plans to launch a global cardiovascular medical device registry, with initial efforts to focus on coordinated efforts to monitor transcatheter heart valve technology.The federal watchdog agency will host a public meeting later this month to discuss goals and strategies for organizing such an effort, which the FDA is calling the "International Consortium of Cardiovascular Registries."