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FDA approves transcatheter mitral valve replacement system for high surgical risk patients

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A transcatheter mitral valve replacement system was approved for patients at high surgical risk. The system is ...
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Duke Health performs world's first living mitral valve replacement, saving lives of 2 NC girls

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- In a medical breakthrough at Duke Health in Durham, a group of doctors performed the world's first living mitral valve replacement, which helped save the lives of two girls from ...
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FDA Approves Edwards Lifesciences' SAPIEN M3 Mitral Valve Replacement System as First Transseptal Transcatheter Therapy

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Edwards Lifesciences (EW) today announced the company’s SAPIEN M3 mitral valve replacement system is the first transcatheter therapy utilizing a transseptal approach ...
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Mitral Valve Replacement Linked to Higher Endocarditis Risk

Patients who underwent mitral valve replacement had a more than threefold higher 10-year rate of infective endocarditis than those at moderate risk for the disease, whereas undergoing mitral valve ...
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Oklahoma Heart Institute procedure replaces mitral valve without surgery

TULSA, Okla. — A new procedure at the Oklahoma Heart Institute is changing lives for people at high risk for heart surgery. "That's why it's so ground breaking and important. This is the first such ...