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FDA Advisory Committee Votes in Favor of Abbott’s First-of-its-kind Triclip System to Treat People with a Leaky Tricuspid Heart Valve

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Delivered through a vein in the leg, TriClip's TEER technology works by clipping together a portion of the leaflets – or flaps of tissue – to repair the tricuspid valve and help blood flow in the right direction without the need for open-heart surgery.

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Can a Heart Murmur Go Away?

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Abnormal Heart Murmurs: These are more concerning and can be linked to underlying heart conditions, such as heart valve disease or congenital heart defects. Abnormal murmurs may indicate problems like narrowed heart valves, leaky heart valves, or valvular heart disease.

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Minimally Invasive Options For High-Risk Heart Surgery

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Known as an alternative to open heart surgery, minimally invasive surgery is preferred by many patients. It involves tiny incisions that allow a surgeon to access the heart between the rib bones. Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair (TEER): TEER focuses on the mitral valve.

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Capstan’s Robotic MR/TR Frontier Funding

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Focusing on mitral and tricuspid valve diseases , Capstans treatment combines transcatheter implantation of a folded valve replacement with its X-ray and ultrasound-guided robot to align the low-profile implant with the beating heart valve.

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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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A cost-effectiveness analysis demonstrates the positive economic value of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) using Evolut TAVR compared to surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) for low-risk patients. At Medtronic, we continue to emphasize that valve design matters. mmHg TAVR; 11.8

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Abbott Announces FDA Approval of First-of-its-kind Device to Repair Leaky Tricuspid Heart Valve, TriClip

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its TriClip, a first-of-its-kind device to repair leaky tricuspid heart valve, for which more than 1.6 Abbott continues to focus on addressing the unmet needs of patients with structural heart disease and advancing standards of care so people can live their fullest possible lives.

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MindMics Demonstrates Its In-ear Infrasonic Earbud Technology Shows Promise in Detection of Aortic Stenosis and Hearing Heart Murmurs

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reported results from a clinical study of revolutionary earbuds that use a new technology - In-ear Infrasonic Hemodynography to Detects Aortic Stenosis Murmur Before and After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). milla1cf Tue, 12/26/2023 - 21:36 December 26, 2023 — MindMics, Inc. the R&D Manager of MindMics.