“We are seeing consistent procedural success and promising safety results with AccuCinch, which is unique in its ventricular approach,” said Dr. Burkhoff. “Early efficacy data indicate a mitral regurgitation reduction similar to transcatheter therapies focused on the mitral valve. However, the additional substantial improvement in LVESV and EF in patients treated with the AccuCinch system, which in general is also improving over time, suggests the device may be reshaping the left ventricle, and fundamentally improving heart function. We look forward to continuing to evaluate AccuCinch in this study.”
About Heart Failure and Functional Mitral Regurgitation
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About 6.5 million U.S. adults live with heart failure, a condition in which the heart’s muscles slowly weaken and lose their ability to pump enough oxygen-rich blood to the body.1 Up to 74 percent of people with heart failure also suffer from FMR, a condition caused when the left ventricle of the heart becomes enlarged to the point where it pulls the mitral valve leaflets apart and allows blood to flow backwards into the left atrium.2 Heart failure and FMR patients suffer from debilitating symptoms including persistent exhaustion, trouble breathing, confusion and loss of memory. There is no cure for heart failure or FMR, and about half of people who develop heart failure die within five years of diagnosis.
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