Article: Local Cos. Shine at Spain Trade Show with Heart Valves

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HEALTHCARE

Less-invasive heart valves, which have the potential to be the biggest development in heart valves in years, took center stage at a recent European trade show.

Irvine-based Edwards Lifesciences Corp. released promising results for its touted Sapien aortic heart valve at the EuroPCS show in Spain a few weeks ago.

According to Edwards, nearly 1,100 patients who received the valve had high survival rates 30 days after implantation.

Sapien, which is inserted with a catheter that's threaded inside the body and into the heart, and other catheter valves eliminate the need for open-heart surgery and ...

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