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From Dr. Oz to heart valves: A tiny device charted a contentious path through the FDA

A video posted on YouTube by Abbott illustrates the workings of the heart’s mitral valve and two types of mitral regurgitation, primary and secondary. It shows how, in a MitraClip procedure, a clip is implanted through what the company describes as “a minimally invasive transcatheter procedure.” In the video, a clip is inserted into the heart and affixed to flaps of the mitral valve. (Screengrab of an Abbott video/TNS)
A video posted on YouTube by Abbott illustrates the workings of the heart’s mitral valve and two types of mitral regurgitation, primary and secondary. It shows how, in a MitraClip procedure, a clip is implanted through what the company describes as “a minimally invasive transcatheter procedure.” In the video, a clip is inserted into the heart and affixed to flaps of the mitral valve. (Screengrab of an Abbott video/TNS)
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MitraClip was designed to spare patients from open-heart surgery by snaking hardware into the heart through a major vein.

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