One of the biggest stories coming out of Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics’ annual meeting in Boston this weekend focuses on the success of Edwards Lifesciences Corp.’s freshly FDA-approved Pascal Precision transcatheter valve repair system in the CLASP IID trial, which compared it to Abbott Laboratories’ Mitraclip device in patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation (DMR) who were determined to be at prohibitive surgical risk.