Morristown Medical Center’s Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute is first in the U.S. to perform a leaflet modification procedure with ShortCut - WRNJ Radio

Morristown Medical Center’s Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute is first in the U.S. to perform a leaflet modification procedure with ShortCut - WRNJ Radio

MORRISTOWN, NJ (Morris County) – On February 25, Philippe Généreux, M.D. and Gennaro Giustino, M.D. and their team successfully performed a procedure using ShortCut, the world’s first FDA cleared device that is dedicated to leaflet modification, enabling a safer valve-in-valve (ViV) Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure in patients at risk of coronary obstruction. This is the first time this device was used commercially in the …