EuroPCR Wrap-Up: TAVI And TMVI From Edwards, St. Jude, Boston Scientific, Direct Flow, and Tendyne
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
EuroPCR is one of the most important annual conferences for interventional cardiology in the world, always showcasing potentially important new catheter-based technologies. Once again, data from clinical trials of transcatheter valves were a big part of this year’s event, held May 17-20 in Paris.
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