Tag: Heart Valve

Late-Breaking Data on Abbott’s MitraClip® System Show Continued Benefit for People with Mitral Regurgitation, Most Common Heart Valve Disease

WASHINGTON, March 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Abbott (ABT) today announced favorable one-year outcomes from the largest study of real-world experience for the MitraClip system in transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR) procedures in the United States. MitraClip treats people with degenerative mitral regurgitation (DMR, also known as leaky heart valve), a […]

Medtronic (MDT) Snags FDA Approval for First of Its Kind Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve

Press Release  View printer-friendly version Medtronic Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve First of Its Kind to Receive FDA Approval for Implantation in Failed Surgical Pulmonary Heart Valves Newly Approved Indication in U.S. Expands Treatment Options to More Patients with Congenital Heart Disease DUBLIN – March 14, 2017 – Medtronic plc (NYSE: […]