This study is enrolling participants with calcific aortic valve stenosis (CAVS) which is a heart valve disease. Blood pumped out of the heart goes through the aortic valve, and in CAVS, calcium builds up causing the valve to thicken over time so it is not able to open as much or as easily and over time this restricts blood flow. This study involves an investigational medication called ataciguat which is being studied to see how well it can slow the progression of CAVS. Investigational means it has not been approved for commercial use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Ataciguat is taken by mouth daily.

Participation in this study will last about 3 years and include about 14 visits. Study procedures include collection of medical data, physical exams, electrocardiogram (ECG - a recording of your heart's electrical activity), bloodwork, echocardiogram (ultrasound test of the heart), CT scan, questionnaires and home monitoring of your blood pressure and heart rhythm.

Risks related to ataciguat include headache, nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea and dizziness. Study procedure risks include radiation risks, risks of drawing blood and loss of confidentiality.

This study is examining the use, safety and performance of an investigational, meaning not approved for commercial use or sale by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) device called Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement (TMVR). The TMVR is a device used to treat mitral valve disease in patients with heart failure (weakened heart muscle). The device is placed by a non surgical approach using a delivery catheter (hollow tube) placed in your blood vessel at the top of your leg and directed up to your heart. This five year study will include a screening process to determine you meet eligibility criteria. If you qualify you will then be seen for a baseline visit, undergo the procedure to place the device, day after procedure, at hospital discharge, 1,3,6, 12 months, then yearly for up to 5 years. Study related testing includes physical exams, medication review, 6 minute hall walk test, questionnaires, blood work, CT scans, electrocardiogram or ECG (recording of your heart's electrical activity) and echocardiogram (ultrasound test of your heart).

This study is being done on patients who have heart failure, a condition where the heart muscle weakens and enlarges and cannot pump blood effectively. The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and effectiveness of a new device called the AccuCinch Ventricular Restoration System and compare it to treatment with standard heart failure medications alone. The AccuCinch Ventricular Restoration System consists of anchors, which attach to your heart muscle, sliders to connect the anchors and a thread like cord that goes through the anchors and is cinched to make your enlarged heart smaller so it can pump more efficiently. The device is implanted in one of the lower pumping chambers of the heart (called left ventricle). The study will have two groups, the treatment group in which participants undergo the device implant in addition to taking heart failure medications and the control group in which participants are treated with heart failure medications alone. Participation will last up to 5 years.