One of the primary challenges of percutaneous valve ... which a prosthetic valve loaded onto a balloon catheter can be passed over a wire across the stenotic aortic valve. The other great ...

FDA approved the Sapien 3 transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) platform for treatment of severe aortic stenosis ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is valve replacement without open-heart surgery. It is also called catheter-based or percutaneous (through the skin) aortic valve replacement. While ...

Edwards Lifesciences announced the FDA approved its transcatheter aortic valve replacement platform for treatment of severe ...

The agency’s decision for the balloon-expandable Sapien 3 platform is based on groundbreaking results from EARLY TAVR.

Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE: EW) received FDA approval for its Sapien 3 TAVR for severe aortic stenosis (AS) without symptoms.

Thus, in selected elderly patients with severe aortic stenosis, surgical valve replacement appears to ... normal sinus rhythm should be considered. Percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty is a ...

Surgical revision after percutaneous mitral valve repair with a clip: initial multicenter experience. Ann Thorac Surg. 2005 Dec;80(6):2338-42.

Vivasure’s device is designed for sutureless and fully absorbable large-bore closure following percutaneous cardiovascular ...

Vivasure Medical®, a company pioneering novel fully absorbable technology for percutaneous vessel closure, today announced ...