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Raj Makkar

Oct 20, 2026

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Why?
0:38
So, Andreas, for years, I mean, we've conquered to use the word loosely, aortic stenosis with the use of transcatheter techniques and TAVR.
0:49
But along the way, we did have patients who had aortic regurgitation, but there were no dedicated devices.
0:54
We struggled with devices in these patients.
0:57
These devices were designed for calcific aortic stenosis.
1:01
And the outcomes here were not perfect.
1:04
They were actually less than ideal.
1:58
But there is a lot of symptomatic patients out there that are very high risk or no surgical candidates and in these patients you tested a dedicated device.

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