InnovHeart Reports Successful First-in-Human Implantation of its Saturn Transcatheter Mitral Valve with Excellent 30-day Follow-up

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NEWTON, Mass. and MILAN, Sept. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — InnovHeart s.r.l., a developer of novel Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement (TMVR) systems for the treatment of Mitral Regurgitation (MR), announced today the successful First-in-Human implantation of its proprietary Saturn Transcatheter Mitral Valve along with excellent results at the 30-day follow-up for the patient, a 72 year old male suffering from severe Functional Mitral Regurgitation. The Trans-Apical TMVR procedure was performed as part of an on-going European clinical trial on August 19, 2020 at Santaros Klinikos University Hospital in Vilnius, Lithuania with the Heart Team of Kęstutis Ručinskas, MD, Audrius Aidietis MD, Vilius Janušauskas, MD and Valdas Bilkis, MD supported by Paolo Denti, MD and Stefano Stella, MD.

“We are grateful to have had the opportunity to work with Dr. Denti, Dr. Stella, and the InnovHeart team in order to provide a novel treatment option for this high-risk patient,” said Dr.Kęstutis Ručinskas, Primary Investigator and Head of Cardiac Surgery at Santaros Klinikos. “Although it was the first clinical use of the Saturn valve, the procedure was straight-forward, and the valve was implanted successfully with excellent function.” 

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