Edwards Heart Valve Yield Better Results After First Study

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Elderly patients getting Edwards Lifesciences Corp.’s Sapien heart valve implanted through the ribs as part of an expanded access program reaped more benefit than those observed in the initial trials, a study found.

After the original research, 822 more patients received the device that replaces a leaky aortic valve. Thirty days later,