Device Shows it can Help Mitral Valve Patients Labeled High Surgical Risks.

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Device Shows it can Help Mitral Valve Patients Labeled High Surgical Risks.
المصدر: Heart Advisor; Apr2012, Vol. 15 Issue 4, p1-11, 2p
مصطلحات موضوعية: MEDICAL equipment, MITRAL valve insufficiency, THERAPEUTICS, HEART diseases, MITRAL valve diseases
مصطلحات جغرافية: UNITED States
الشركة/الكيان: ABBOTT Laboratories Inc., UNITED States. Food & Drug Administration
People: WHITLOW, Patrick
مستخلص: The article focuses on the result of the study concerning the applications of MitraClip device produced by Abbott Laboratories Inc. in the U.S. The author of the research, Dr. Patrick Whitlow, stresses that the device shows encouraging result in reducing mitral regurgitation and improving clinical symptoms in a group of high surgical-risk patient. It also notes that the MitraClip was released in Europe in 2008 and is under review of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
قاعدة البيانات: Complementary Index