Transcatheter aortic valve implantation: know the differences between the currently available technologies

Iona MacDonald; S Pasupati

doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehq191

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation: know the differences between the currently available technologies

Eur Heart J. 2010 Jul;31(14):1663-5. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq191.

Authors

Iona MacDonald¹, S Pasupati

Affiliation

¹ Waikato Hospital, New Zealand.

PMID: 20630896
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq191

Abstract

This follow-on article (see below) comparing the differences between the Edwards-Sapien valve (ESV) and the Medtronic CoreValve (MCV) discusses transcatheter valve technologies from the point of view of a world-renowned team of cardiac experts led by Dr Sanjeevan Pasupati from Waikato Hospital, New Zealand, which has deployed both the ESV and the MCV technology since 2008.

MeSH terms

Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / methods
Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery*
Cardiac Catheterization / methods*
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Humans
Prosthesis Design
Stents