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New Data Demonstrates Abbott's Investigational MitraClip(R) System Has Potential to be a Valuable Treatment Option for Patients With Mitral Regurgitation, the Most Common Heart Valve Condition
Date:3/14/2010

Mitral regurgitation affects more than 8 million people in the United States and Europe and is currently managed with drugs or open heart surgery, depending on an individual patient's severity of MR and risk factors. Significant MR is a debilitating condition where the heart's ability to function continues to deteriorate over time, and may lead to irregular heartbeat, heart failure, stroke, heart attack or death.

"In the EVEREST II trial, the catheter-based system exhibited a highly favorable safety profile, while providing meaningful and sustained clinical benefits," said Ted Feldman, M.D., FSCAI, director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, and The Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Walgreen Chair in Interventional Cardiology, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL; and co-principal investigator of the EVEREST II trial. "The positive trial results validate my experience that the procedure is a valuable therapeutic option for select patients with mitral regurgitation. The therapy has the potential to transform the lives of thousands of patients, and enable some to go from bed rest to a more active lifestyle."

In the EVEREST II trial's primary safety endpoint of major adverse events (MAEs) at 30 days, the MitraClip system demonstrated a superior safety profile (p<0.0001) compar
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