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Cardio Catch-Up: Medtronic, Abbott, Ancora Devices Headline ACC, CRT, THT

 
• By Reed Miller

Medtech Insight’s Cardiovascular Catch-Up highlights recent news on cardiovascular tech innovations that you may have missed. This edition focuses on clinical trial presentations from three recent conferences: American College of Cardiology in New Orleans, Cardiovascular Research Technologies in Washington, DC, and Technology and Heart Failure Therapeutics in Boston.

Triclip transcatheter tricuspid repair device
Abbott's TriClip transcatheter tricuspid repair device • Source: Abbott

One-year results from the TRILUMINATE trial showed that percutaneous tricuspid transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) with Abbott’s TriClip device can improve the quality of life for patients with severe tricuspid valve regurgitation.

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