In this new series titled Getting Personal, we talk to new and veteran senior executives about their journeys to corporate leadership, their motivations, passions, and the peaks and valleys of running a medtech company. Medtech Insight sat down with Mike Mussallem, CEO of Edwards Lifesciences, the leading seller of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) devices, at the company’s Irvine, CA-based headquarters.

Part II of highlights the cardiovascular tech sectors includes news from Medtronic, Edwards Lifesciences, and Abbott, plus a look at the upcoming TCT Conference in Boston.

This week, Philips announced a legal settlement on recalled CPAPs and BiPAPs; the FDA released emergency preparation recommendations; ReCor prepared to bring Paradise RDN to the US market; and Abbott released the results of a trial comparing optical coherence tomography (OCT) to angiography for guidance during cardiac surgery.