Results Recap: Five-year CoreValve Results Support Durability Of TAVR
Results Recap is Medtech Insight's exclusive summary of clinical trial results that have been announced or published in the past week, based on information collected by Meddevicetracker. This week's edition, covering the week of Nov. 23 - Nov. 29, includes five-year data from the CoreValve US Pivotal Trial, the longest-term follow-up data from a randomized trial of Medtronic's CoreValve TAVR system, show it remains durable with low rates of severe hemodynamic structural valve deterioration compared to surgical valves. Also, results of a 2,800-patient study sponsored by Propeller Health, shows use of rescue-inhaler increased significantly along with increases in daily fine particulate matter exposure.