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SEGMENT INFORMATION - Enterprise-Wide Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2019 | Mar. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2018
Enterprise-Wide Information |  |  |
Net sales | $ 993.0 | $ 894.8 |
Long-lived Tangible Assets by Geographic Area |  |  |
Long-lived tangible assets | 1,037.5 |  | $ 899.8
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement |  |  |
Enterprise-Wide Information |  |  |
Net sales | 597.7 | 551.1 |
Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid Therapies |  |  |
Enterprise-Wide Information |  |  |
Net sales | 4.3 | 0.5 |
Surgical Structural Heart |  |  |
Enterprise-Wide Information |  |  |
Net sales | 214.7 | 179.5 |
Critical Care |  |  |
Enterprise-Wide Information |  |  |
Net sales | 176.3 | 163.7 |
United States |  |  |
Enterprise-Wide Information |  |  |
Net sales | 562.8 | 479.5 |
Long-lived Tangible Assets by Geographic Area |  |  |
Long-lived tangible assets | 727.3 |  | 642.1
Europe |  |  |
Enterprise-Wide Information |  |  |
Net sales | 234.7 | 230.0 |
Long-lived Tangible Assets by Geographic Area |  |  |
Long-lived tangible assets | 51.4 |  | 36.6
Japan |  |  |
Enterprise-Wide Information |  |  |
Net sales | 98.4 | 92.7 |
Long-lived Tangible Assets by Geographic Area |  |  |
Long-lived tangible assets | 16.7 |  | 6.7
Rest of World |  |  |
Enterprise-Wide Information |  |  |
Net sales | 97.1 | $ 92.6 |
Long-lived Tangible Assets by Geographic Area |  |  |
Long-lived tangible assets | $ 242.1 |  | $ 214.4

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