The baby had been diagnosed with an especially challenging case of hypoplastic left heart syndrome.

The global medtech company is also looking to expand its organ transplant and ECMO portfolios.

The median follow-up period was more than nine years, allowing researchers to compare long-term outcomes after both CABG and PCI. 

Other procedures are associated with higher profits—heart transplants, for instance—but CABG and TAVR are performed much more often.

A trio of leading voices in cardiology reviewed years of data while considering their proposal. The choice between TAVR and SAVR, they added, should be made on a case-by-case basis.