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• Sapien 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve Recall Follows Reports Of Balloons Bursting During Implantation

  August 23, 2019

  Russell Maas

  A recall warns that Sapien 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve balloons may explode while being implanted, which has already resulted in 17 injuries and one patient death.

• Concerns Over Growing Use Of Artificial Heart Valves Among Younger Patients Raised in “Implant Files” Report

  December 4, 2018

  Irvin Jackson

  A new report warns that too little is known about the durability of transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedures, which are relatively new, and being used on younger and younger patients.