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How MitraClip charted a contentious path through the FDA
In 2013, the FDA approved an implantable device to treat leaky heart valves. Among its inventors was Mehmet Oz, the former television personality and former U.S. Senate candidate widely known as ...
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Mitral Valve Repair With the MitraClip®
MitraClip® (Abbott Vascular, CA, USA), a new device for transcatheter mitral valve repair, which gained CE mark approval for use in Europe in 2008, is now approved in the USA for use in patients ...
Free Malaysia Today10d
Revolutionising heart care at IJN with cutting-edge technology
From valve repair with MitraClip to advanced aortic-disease solutions, Malaysia’s largest heart hospital is transforming ...
The Citizen20d
Gauteng’s first MitraClip implants a ‘game changer’ for heart valve treatment
The Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH) has performed the first successful MitraClip implants on three state-funded patients in Gauteng. The minimally invasive procedure is ...
Independent Online1mon
Revolutionary heart surgery now available in Gauteng
THE Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH) has become the first health facility in Gauteng to successfully perform the MitraClip implants to mend leaking hearts. The procedure’s ...
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Mitral Valve Repair With the MitraClip®
The MitraClip is a single-size clip device that has been used to treat patients with functional, mixed and degenerative MR. The Clip has a dual arm structure, with grippers above the arms to ...