ACC 2020: Medtronic’s Evolut TAVR Works In Low-Risk Bicuspid Study
Executive Summary
Early results from the Low-Risk Bicuspid study of the Evolut transcatheter aortic valve replacement system showed low rates of all-cause mortality or stroke.
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