Hospital chosen for global clinical trial

BRADENTON — Blake Medical Center was chosen as one of 20 hospitals in the U.S. for a global clinical trial for beating heart, mitral valve repair.

According to a press release, the RECHORD trial investigates a new device that allows cardiovascular surgeons to replace damaged tendons through a small incision while the heart is beating. The RECHORD trial compares outcomes from the procedure to traditional open-heart mitral valve surgery.

“In this trial, we can offer patients in our community that are suffering from degenerative mitral valve regurgitation, an opportunity to help us evaluate a new minimally invasive mitral valve repair technology on a beating heart that may change the way we treat patients in the near future,” says cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Alessandro Golino in a statement.