Progress Trial Demonstrates Edwards TAVR Is Superior to Clinical Surveillance for Moderate AS Patients With At-Risk Features

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE: EW) today announced results from the PROGRESS Trial, marking a turning point in the management of moderate aortic stenosis (AS). The trial demonstrated that transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) was superior to clinical surveillance in the primary composite endpoint of death or heart failure events at two years in moderate AS patients with at-risk features. The late-breaking results were presented at Transcatheter Cardiovascular Th.