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Henry Ford Health Heart Failure Patient First in Michigan to Receive Breakthrough Device

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Image courtesy of Henry Ford Health milla1cf Wed, 02/21/2024 - 19:07 February 21, 2024 — An 80-year-old woman from Frankenmuth, Michigan is the first Henry Ford Health structural heart disease patient—and the first ever in Michigan—to receive a new transcatheter heart valve device for treating severe tricuspid regurgitation.

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New Late-breaking Data from Medtronic Evolut Low Risk Trial Demonstrate Strong Clinical and Cost-effectiveness Benefits of TAVR Platform

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Cohen , MD, MSc, Director of Clinical and Outcomes Research at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation , Director of Academic Affairs at St. Evolut TAVR had significantly better hemodynamics, an indicator of valve durability, compared to SAVR using contemporary valves (mean gradient 9.8 mmHg TAVR; 11.8

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