Landmark Study Shows Treatment with Abbott's MitraClip® is Superior to Medical Therapy for Advanced Heart Failure Patients with Significant Secondary Mitral Regurgitation

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Sep 23, 2018
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- The COAPT trial met both the primary safety and efficacy endpoints and all secondary endpoints, including reducing all-cause mortality through two years

- Late-breaking results were presented at TCT and simultaneously published in The New England Journal of Medicine

- COAPT showed MitraClip improved clinical outcomes in select heart failure patients who had clinically significant secondary mitral regurgitation, suggesting the first and only mitral valve intervention to improve prognosis for these difficult-to-treat patients

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