Early versus newer generation transcatheter heart valves for transcatheter aortic valve implantation: Echocardiographic and hemodynamic evaluation of an all-comers study cohort using the dimensionless aortic regurgitation index (AR-index).

Anja StundlHannah LuchtJasmin ShamekhiMarcel WeberAlexander SedaghatFritz MellertEberhard GrubeGeorg NickenigNikos WernerJan-Malte Sinning

Published in: PloS one (2019)

TAVI with use of "newer generation" THVs showed significantly reduced pAR and improved outcomes compared to "early generation" devices that could at least in part be explained by more favorable hemodynamics.

Keyphrases

aortic valve
transcatheter aortic valve implantation
aortic valve replacement
aortic stenosis
transcatheter aortic valve replacement
left ventricular
ejection fraction
heart failure
mitral valve
atrial fibrillation
skeletal muscle
pulmonary artery
metabolic syndrome