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The use of semi-compliant versus non-compliant balloon systems for predilatation during the implantation of self-expandable transcatheter aortic valves: Data from the VIenna CardioThOracic Aortic Valve RegistrY (VICTORY).

Markus MachPhilipp SzalkiewiczThomas PoschnerWaseem HasanMartin AndreasBernhard WinklerEna HasimbegovicTheresia SteinkellnerAndreas StrouhalChristopher AdlbrechtGeorg Delle-KarthMartin Grabenwöger
Published in: European journal of clinical investigation (2021)
While the balloon compliance did not affect the procedural mortality, device success or the rate of paravalvular leakage, the use of semi-compliant balloons for predilatation during TAVR should be investigated in larger randomized trials in the light of the lower rates of postdilatation and conversion to open surgery compared to their non-compliant counterparts.
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