Cardiovascular News Innovation Showcase 2010
Programme

Programme director

Professor Matt Thompson is professor of vascular surgery at St George’s Hospital NHS Trust and the clinical director for surgery at St George’s Hospital, London, UK

Topics

Beyond drug-eluting stents

• Bioabsorbable stent

• Drug-eluting balloons

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)

Left ventricular assist devices (LVAD)

Next generation EVAR devices

Next generation TEVAR devices

And more

Cardiovascular management trends

New technology Dragons’ Den

Medtech investment

Intellectual property challenges

Physician-engineer relationship