The Texas Heart Institute (THI) provides a collection of professional activities on the most relevant topics in cardiovascular health and patient care to further the education of physicians and other medical professionals beyond the walls of the institution.

With over 25 episodes, Innovative Technologies & Techniques is filmed in the Texas Heart Institute Visual Communications Studios and explores promising advances in medicine that aim to extend the life of cardiac patients around the world today. Several episodes are accredited for complimentary continuing medical education credit hours.

Technology continues to drive toward less invasive solutions and better resource utilization for EVAR, TEVAR and TAVR procedures. The Texas Heart Institute team has reported the benefits of percutaneous femoral artery repair in several publications as well as in the PEVAR and LIFE trials using ProGlide and Prostar devices. The MANTA large bore closure device has also shown excellent results of percutaneous femoral artery repair during EVAR, TEVAR and TAVR.

Percutaneous femoral artery repair could soon become a standard of care for EVAR, TEVAR and TAVR and there are several dedicated large bore closure devices that are currently undergoing clinical trials abroad and in the United States.

This new educational offering teaches doctors to name and utilize in practice the large bore closure devices for EVAR, TEVAR and TAVR; compares different large bore closure devices and interprets the results of different trials; and evaluates and differentiates the advantages and disadvantages of each large bore closure device.