Implications of hydrodynamic testing to guide sizing of self-expanding transcatheter heart valves for valve-in-valve procedures.

Janarthanan Sathananthan Mark HenseyRob FraserUri LandesPhilipp BlankeHoda HatoumLakshmi Prasad DasiAlexander SedaghatVinayak N BapatJonathon LeipsicLars SøndergaardDavid A WoodJohn G Webb

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

Use of a larger self-expanding THV was associated with superior hydrodynamic performance if the THV was implanted high. Hydrodynamic testing can provide additional information to the VIV app to help guide VIV sizing.

Keyphrases

aortic valve
mitral valve
aortic stenosis
aortic valve replacement
transcatheter aortic valve replacement
transcatheter aortic valve implantation
heart failure
atrial fibrillation
healthcare
ejection fraction
left ventricular