Journal of interventional cardiology

The most recent articles from: J Interv Cardiol February 2017

J Interv Cardiol · Feb 2017

Improvements of Procedural Results With a New-Generation Self-Expanding Transfemoral Aortic Valve Prosthesis in Comparison to the Old-Generation Device.

In this study, we compare procedural results of our first Evolut R (Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, USA) implantations with the last CoreValve implantations. Main endpoints include paravalvular regurgitation, major vascular complications, stroke, and pacemaker implantation. ⋯ TAVR with the new Evolut R resulted in significantly lower paravalvular regurgitation. This may be due to redesigned cell geometry and higher precision during implantations, as well as the ability to resheath a malpositioned valve.

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