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Living with structural heart procedures

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A packaged structural heart catheter beside an inventory checklist in a catheterization laboratory.

Innovation & Devices

PiCardia ShortCut Recall Flags Positioning-Arm Risk

An FDA Class 2 recall addresses possible positioning-arm detachment in affected PiCardia ShortCut transfemoral catheters. Structural heart programs should reconcile inventory, procedure plans and prior use.

Rayan Salih · September 30, 2026 · 6 min

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