New device aims to fix failing heart valves without major surgery

NCT ID NCT03130777

Summary

This study is testing a new two-part device designed to fix leaky or narrowed pulmonary heart valves in people born with certain heart defects. The device is implanted using a catheter through blood vessels, avoiding open-heart surgery. Researchers want to see if it's safe and effective at improving blood flow from the heart to the lungs in 86 participants.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    Los Angeles, California, 90048, United States

  • Children's Health Dallas

    Dallas, Texas, 75235, United States

  • Children's Hospital Colorado

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229, United States

  • Columbia University Medical Center

    New York, New York, 10032, United States

  • Emory University/ Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA)

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States

  • Nationwide Children's Hospital

    Columbus, Ohio, 43205, United States

  • Seattle Children's Hospital

    Seattle, Washington, 98105, United States

  • St. Louis Children's Hospital

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

  • Texas Children's Hospital

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States

  • University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, California, 94122, United States

  • University of Virgina

    Charlottesville, Virginia, 22908, United States

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