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IRVINE, Calif., May 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE: EW) today announced the results of a real-world study comparing outcomes for patients with bicuspid aortic stenosis (AS) who were treated with SAPIEN 3 and SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) and at low risk of death from surgery. The data show excellent outcomes at one year, with low rates of death and stroke, and no significant differences in the primary outcomes compared with the overall cohort, or those with tricuspid aortic valve disease.
The propensity-matched analysis comparing real-world data of bicuspid and tricuspid AS patients collected from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and American College of Cardiology (STS/ACC) Transcatheter Valve Therapy (TVT) Registry was presented today during the EuroPCR 2021 late-breaking clinical trials hotline session by Raj Makkar, M.D., Director, Interventional Cardiology, Associate Director, Smidt Hear