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SEGMENT INFORMATION - Enterprise-Wide Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2019 | Sep. 30, 2018 | Sep. 30, 2019 | Sep. 30, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2018
Enterprise-Wide Information |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | $ 1,094.0 | $ 906.6 | $ 3,173.9 | $ 2,745.1 |
Long-lived Tangible Assets by Geographic Area |  |  |  |  |
Long-lived tangible assets | 1,147.0 |  | 1,147.0 |  | $ 899.8
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement |  |  |  |  |
Enterprise-Wide Information |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | 700.0 | 557.1 | 1,975.4 | 1,692.2 |
Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid Therapies |  |  |  |  |
Enterprise-Wide Information |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | 9.7 | 0.7 | 21.0 | 2.1 |
Surgical Structural Heart |  |  |  |  |
Enterprise-Wide Information |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | 204.1 | 184.6 | 636.6 | 554.4 |
Critical Care |  |  |  |  |
Enterprise-Wide Information |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | 180.2 | 164.2 | 540.9 | 496.4 |
United States |  |  |  |  |
Enterprise-Wide Information |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | 647.8 | 518.7 | 1,835.5 | 1,510.3 |
Long-lived Tangible Assets by Geographic Area |  |  |  |  |
Long-lived tangible assets | 791.5 |  | 791.5 |  | 642.1
Europe |  |  |  |  |
Enterprise-Wide Information |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | 222.6 | 201.3 | 699.0 | 659.3 |
Long-lived Tangible Assets by Geographic Area |  |  |  |  |
Long-lived tangible assets | 73.7 |  | 73.7 |  | 36.6
Japan |  |  |  |  |
Enterprise-Wide Information |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | 112.9 | 94.2 | 324.4 | 289.5 |
Long-lived Tangible Assets by Geographic Area |  |  |  |  |
Long-lived tangible assets | 23.1 |  | 23.1 |  | 6.7
Rest of World |  |  |  |  |
Enterprise-Wide Information |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | 110.7 | $ 92.4 | 315.0 | $ 286.0 |
Long-lived Tangible Assets by Geographic Area |  |  |  |  |
Long-lived tangible assets | $ 258.7 |  | $ 258.7 |  | $ 214.4

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