BOSTON, MA—(UPDATED) Patients with severe symptomatic degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR) ineligible for surgery fare just as well when treated with the Pascal device (Edwards Lifesciences) as ...
It’s been a long time since Ernie Hoffman, an 86-year-old Mesquite, Nevada resident, could climb a flight of stairs without pausing midway to catch his breath; or even eat a regular meal without ...
"With MitraClip, we're addressing the needs of people with MR who often have no other options," Abbott spokesperson Brent Tippen said. "Patients suffering from mitral regurgitation have severely ...
PHOENIX -- Newer MitraClip devices reduced mitral regurgitation (MR) to no more than a trace for nearly all patients, regardless of anatomical complexity or presence of advanced heart failure, in a ...
A new, large postapproval study provides reassurances that transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) is helpful in secondary mitral regurgitation (MR), and also shows that patients getting clipped aren ...
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A study from Abbott found that employing its cardiac valve repair implant during earlier phases of heart failure—when a patient’s leaky mitral valve is still considered to be functional—could lead to ...
On February 15, FDA announced that Abbott Vascular has received nine reports of its MitraClip delivery system failing to detach from the Clip, which resulted in the death of one patient and open-heart ...
NEW ORLEANS — To much acclaim, the COAPT trial demonstrated that use of the MitraClip (Abbott) in a very sick population with symptomatic (heart failure (HF) and secondary mitral regurgitation (MR) ...
Artificial intelligence combines ultrasound and X-ray images to give physicians a real-time 3D view of the repair device ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An experimental minimally invasive technique developed by Abbott Laboratories to repair the most common type of heart valve problem appeared to be as durable as surgical repair ...