Results of the COAPT trial show transcatheter mitral-valve repair with Abbott Vascular's MitraClip system reduces the two-year heart-failure hospitalization and all-cause mortality rate in heart failure patients with moderate-to-severe secondary mitral regurgitation who remain symptomatic despite optimal medical therapy.
TCT 2018: Abbott Expects COAPT Results To Support Expanding MitraClip's Indication
Data presented at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference Sept. 23 in San Diego will support expanding the label of Abbott's MitraClip mitral valve repair device to include secondary, or functional, mitral regurgitation, a company executive tells Medtech Insight. In the COAPT trial, MitraClip reduced the two-year rate of heart-failure hospitalization and all-cause mortality in patients with heart failure and moderate-to-severe or severe secondary mitral regurgitation.
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