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# Dr. Pedro Martinez-Clark, MD, FACC

**Founder and Lead Investigator at Amavita Research. Founder and CEO of amavita Heart and Vascular Health®.**

Harvard-trained interventional cardiologist with 15+ years of practice and 25+ completed clinical research trials. Worldwide Principal Investigator on the Percutaneous Mitral Valve Annuloplasty trial. Contributed to the development of the Trans-Caval TAVR approach. 2023 Apogee Award for Excellence in Healthcare.

## Specialties

- Interventional cardiology and cath lab
- Coronary revascularization
- Heart valve repair and replacement (Trans-Caval TAVR)
- Peripheral artery disease and atherectomy
- Venous ablation

## Marquee trials

- Percutaneous Mitral Valve Annuloplasty (Worldwide PI)
- Trans-Caval TAVR (development contributor)
- CYCLE (heart failure)
- CHAMP-HF Registry
- GREAT (Golazo® peripheral atherectomy)
- Pathfinder I (AURYON)
- SPARE-MR

## Identifiers

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1395568853