Tag: Mitraclip

Late-Breaking Data from Landmark COAPT™ Trial Show Long-Term Benefits of Abbott’s MitraClip™ Device

New five-year data presented at American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions (ACC.23) and simultaneously published in The New England Journal of Medicine reinforce the long-term safety and effectiveness of MitraClip for treating secondary mitral regurgitation (MR) Results show minimally invasive mitral valve […]

Apollo Hospitals, India becomes the first Asian Hospital to perform four consecutive MitraClip procedures in a day

CHENNAI, India, March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Apollo Hospitals group, one of Asia’s largest and most trusted healthcare group, notched up a record milestone with the successful completion of four consecutive  MitraClip procedures in one day. The MitraClip implants were carried out on […]

Abbott Receives Expanded Medicare Reimbursement for First-Of-Its-Kind MitraClip™ Device

– New national reimbursement enables access to transcatheter mitral valve repair procedures with MitraClip for people with secondary mitral regurgitation, significantly expanding the eligible patient population ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Jan. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced that the U.S. Centers for Medicare […]

Study Finds TMVR Procedural Efficiency with use of the VersaCross® RF Transseptal Solution

MitraClip™ Guide delivery achieved in under 7.5 minutes1 TORONTO, Dec. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ – A recent publication demonstrated procedural efficiency for MitraClip™ transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR) with use of the VersaCross® RF Transseptal Solution, reporting guide delivery from femoral access in under 7.5 minutes1. The VersaCross solution features a single radiofrequency (RF)-tipped wire used to […]

Northwestern Medicine Celebrates 2000th Transcatheter Heart Valve Procedure

Minimally invasive treatment revolutionized cardiac medicine, replacing open-heart surgery for many patients CHICAGO, Aug. 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute physicians recently completed their 2000th transcatheter heart valve procedure, a milestone innovation that has shifted valve repair and replacement from […]