Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (EW) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Greetings and welcome to the Edwards Life Sciences first quarter 2026 results. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. The question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. If anyone should require operator assistance during the conference, press star zero on your telephone keypad. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to introduce Jerrianne Sarte, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations. Thank you. You may begin. Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us. With me on today's call is our CEO, Bernard Zavigian, and our CFO, Scott Ullum. Also joining us for the Q&A portion of the call will be Dan Lithis, our global leader of TAVR, and Devine Chopra, who has global responsibility for TMTT, surgical, and IHFM. After the close of regular trading, Edwards Life Sciences released first quarter 2026 financial results During today's call, management will discuss the results included in the press release and accompanying financial schedules, and then use the remaining time for Q&A. Please note that management will be making forward-looking statements that are based on estimates, assumptions, and projections. These statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and Edwards does not undertake any obligation to update them after today. Additionally, the statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause these differences can be found in today's press release and Edwards' other SEC filings, all of which are available on the company's website at edwards.com. Unless otherwise noted, our commentary on sales growth refers to underlying sales growth, which is defined i...