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At PCR, Valves Steal The Show, But DES Shine

Every year for just about the past decade, drug-eluting stents dominated the agenda at the Paris Course on Revascularization and just about any meeting where interventional cardiologists gathered to hear the latest in technology and practice innovation. But without question, the star of this year’s PCR was percutaneous heart valves and, in particular the revolution in transaortic valve replacement that has been ushered in by Edwards Lifesciences., which acquired Percutaneous Valve Technologies several years ago, and Medtronic., as a result of its more recent CoreValve acquisition.

Every year for just about the past decade, drug-eluting stents (DES) dominated the agenda at the Paris Course on Revascularization (PCR) – and just about any meeting where interventional cardiologists gathered to hear the latest in technology and practice innovation. But without question, the star of this year's PCR, Europe's leading gathering of interventionalists, was percutaneous heart valves and, in particular the revolution in transaortic valve replacement that has been ushered in by Edwards Lifesciences Corp., which acquired Percutaneous Valve Technologies (PVT) several years ago, and Medtronic PLC, as a result of its more recent CoreValve (now called Medtronic CoreValve LLC) acquisition. [See Deal][See Deal]

Indeed, the self-styled Great Debate that kicked off this year's PCR was all about TAVI (transaortic valve implantation), but it...

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