A novel balloon-expandable transcatheter aortic valve bioprosthesis: Myval and Myval Octacor.
Carolina MontonatiDario PellegriniDaniele Oreste d'AtriMariano PellicanoDaniele BrigugliaFrancesco GianniniGiuseppe De BlasioGiulio GuagliumiMaurizio TespiliAlfonso IelasiPublished in: Expert review of cardiovascular therapy (2024)
Myval and Myval Octacor have demonstrated comparable early safety and clinical efficacy to the leading contemporary THVs, exhibiting remarkably low rates of moderate to severe paravalvular leak (PVL) and permanent pacemaker implantation (PPI). The wide range of sizes offered by the Myval family may minimize the risk of under-/oversizing, potentially explaining the lower rates of the aforementioned phenomena. Moreover, the presence of both internal skirt and external reinforced cuff may also explain the low rate of moderate to severe PVL.