Specialists from the American College of Cardiology and Society of Thoracic Surgeons explored data from more than 276,000 patients who have undergone a TAVR procedure in the last nine years. 

Transcatheter tricuspid valve repair consistently led to improved outcomes for patients with tricuspid regurgitation.

The study’s authors tracked data from more than 22,000 patients with severe aortic stenosis.

The analysis, published in the American Journal of Cardiology, included data from more than 741,000 adult patients with aortic stenosis. 

“The association between surgeon experience and operative outcomes has been the subject of debate," the researchers explained.

The company will now focus its attention on the marketing and development of other solutions.

The new study focused on the early outcomes of more than 24,000 patients who participated in a total of nine different studies.

However, the two treatment options were associated with similar rates of long-term bleeding and ischemic events.