Overexpansion of older generation balloon expandable transcatheter heart valves: An ex-vivo bench study.

Janarthanan SathananthanStephanie SellersAaron BarlowMark HenseyUri LandesAnson CheungJian YeAbdullah AlkhodairPhilipp BlankeLars SøndergaardPhillippe PibarotDavid WoodJonathan LeipsicJohn Webb

Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2019)

Overexpansion of older generation SAPIEN and SAPIEN XT THVs is possible. Achieving the desired degree of overexpansion was only achieved with use of non-compliant balloons. This has potential implications for the treatment of failed THVs.

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