Ahmed Elkoumy, Andreas Rück, Mohamed Abdel-Wahab, Holger Thiele, Tanja K Rudolph, Alexander Wolf, Jan Martin Wambach, Ole De Backer, Lars Sondergaard, Christian Hengstenberg, Mahmoud Abdelshafy, Shahram Arsang-Jang, Hesham Elzomor, Mika Laine, Henrik Bjursten, Matthias Götberg, Joanna J Wykrzykowska, Sameh K Mohamed, Costanza Pellegrini, Tobias Rheude, Stefan Toggweiler, Nawzad Saleh, Christopher U Meduri, Won-Keun Kim, Osama Soliman
BACKGROUND: ACURATE neo2 (Neo2) implantation is performed after systematic Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty (BAV) in most patients. No reports exist about the feasibility and safety of direct Neo2 transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in comparison to the standard practice. AIM: We aimed to identify the patients' baseline anatomical characteristics, procedural, and early post-procedural outcomes in patients treated using Neo2 with and without BAV. METHODOLOGY: This is a retrospective multicentre analysis of 499 patients with severe aortic stenosis who underwent TAVI using Neo2...
January 19, 2024: International Journal of Cardiology