Edwards Lifesciences' third-quarter sales improved 11.1% to $821.5 million. However, the figure missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $834 million by 1.5%. Underlying sales increased 12.9% (including the impact of Germany stocking sales as customers in the nation chose to purchase additional inventory of the SAPIEN 3 valve in anticipation of a potential supply interruption resulting from recent intellectual property litigation).