Edwards’ valve launch
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Edwards Lifesciences launches Perimount Magna Ease aortic valve at the American Association for Thoracic Surgery meeting May 9-13 in Boston. Approved Feb. 20, Magna Ease features a low profile and smooth commissure posts to ease insertion through small incisions or small aortic roots, the company explains. Edwards also unveils its Port Access EndoDirect system, which allows minimally invasive, transthoracic direct aortic cannulation during procedures such as mitral valve repair when femoral artery access is not an option