VALVE SOLUTIONSTISSUE HEART VALVES (THV)
The Abbott portfolio of surgical aortic valves includes stented tissue valves and mechanical valves that are designed to rebuild healthier hearts.

TISSUE HEART VALVES (THV)
EPIC™ AORTIC STENTED TISSUE VALVE
The Epic™ Platform has been proven over time and defined by strong hemodynamics, intuitive implantability, and a future-facing design that gives you and your patients more choices when it comes to preserving long-term treatment paths.
TREATING TODAY, PRESERVING TOMORROW
This generation of the Epic™ Platform has been built on the Biocor™ legacy of excellent durability, proven performance and unparalleled implantability—and reimagined with the future of transcatheter interventions in mind.
It is the surgical valve platform that gives you and your patients more choices when it comes to preserving long-term treatment paths.
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AORTIC
- Can withstand up to approximately 8 atm pressure during balloon valvuloplasty procedures1
- Internally mounted leaflets and low stent post height reduce coronary obstruction2
HEAR WHAT SURGEONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD THINK ABOUT THE EPIC™ VALVE
Eric Charbonneau, MD, FRCSC
Vinod Thourani, MD
Taichi Sakaguchi, MD
Sven Lehmann, MD, MBA, HCM
- Stent symmetry eliminates the need for specific orientation3
- Flexible polymer stent offers more forgiving insertion and seating
- Short rinse time of 2 x 10 seconds3
- Epic™ Platform cuff options allow for secure suture placement while limiting suture drag and parachuting forces

LINX™ ANTICALCIFICATION (AC) TREATMENT MAY IMPROVE LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE AND DURABILITY.*

10 YEARS

97.3 ± 0.5%†
Freedom from SVD, All patient ages (Epic™ Aortic Valve)4

98.6 ± 0.8%†
Freedom from SVD, All patient ages (Epic™ Aortic & Epic™ Mitral Valve)4
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doi.org/10.1161/01.CIR.95.2.479. - Kelly SJ, Ogle MF, Carlyle WC, et al. Biocompatibility and calcification of bioprosthetic heart valves. Presented at Society for Biomaterials, Sixth World Biomaterials Congress
Transaction. May 2000:1353. - Frater RWM, Seifter E, Liao K, et al. Chapter 8. In: Gabbay, S, Wheatley DJ, eds. Advances in Anticalcific and Antidegenerative Treatment of Heart Valve Bioprostheses.
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