Purpose Of Review: Innovation for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has transformed a medically complex treatment into a standardized procedure. While Edwards SAPIEN and Medtronic CoreValve occupy the market for TAVR in the United States (US), additional valve systems are being developed. The Boston Scientific Lotus Valve system was recently FDA-approved and will represent the third valve in the US market. This evidence-based review will summarize advantages, disadvantages, and projected impact of this new TAVR system.
Recent Findings: The Lotus Valve system demonstrates superiority in terms of rates of paravalvular leak, with similar rates of mortality and disabling stroke. This benefit is at the expense of increased pacemaker implantation rates, though preliminary data from subsequent iterations of the Lotus Valve suggest decreasing rates over time. There is much anticipation from ongoing trials utilizing the Lotus Edge system, which may perform best for those with pre-existing pacemakers or anatomy that increases likelihood of paravalvular leak.
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Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Cases
December 2024
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, 564-8565, Japan.
Background: With the rapid expansion of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), TAVR valve explantation is also increasing. Nevertheless, previous reports on Lotus Edge valve explantation are limited to only two reports, none of which include intraoperative videos. Therefore, we report the case of an older adult who underwent a 2-year-old Lotus Edge valve explantation, after developing prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) and aortic annular abscess, with a strong indication for a TAVR explantation and surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJACC Cardiovasc Interv
June 2024
Cardiovascular Translational Lab, Centre for Cardiovascular Innovation, Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Electronic address:
Background: The etiology of transcatheter aortic valve (TAV) degeneration is poorly understood, particularly noncalcific mechanisms.
Objectives: The authors sought to investigate noncalcific and calcific mechanisms of TAV degeneration and evaluate their impact on leaflet function by bench testing, imaging, and histology.
Methods: TAV explants were obtained from the EXPLANT THV registry and clinical institutions.
Glob Cardiol Sci Pract
September 2023
Aswan Heart Centre, Aswan, Egypt.
Introduction: Aortic stenosis (AS) is the leading heart valve disease in developed countries, often caused by calcific degeneration. In low-and-middle-income countries, it's primarily due to RHD. Prevalence of AS increases with age and up to 22.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Clin Med
February 2024
Heart Institute, Medical School, University of Pécs, 7624 Pécs, Hungary.
We report 30-day, 1-year, and 3-year outcomes for a new TAVR programme that used five different transcatheter heart valve (THV) systems. From 2014 to 2020, 122 consecutive patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) received TAVR based on the Heart Team decision. Outcomes were analysed for the whole study population and in addition the first 63 patients (Cohort A, 2014 to 2019) were compared to the last 59 patients (Cohort B, 2019 to 2020).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStruct Heart
January 2024
Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel (CRIB), University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
The increasing use of transcatheter aortic valves in patients with aortic stenosis has led to a higher number of valve-in-valve procedures due to gradual valve degeneration. We present a case of a 72-year-old woman who received transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) using a Lotus valve due to severe aortic stenosis, which showed valve degeneration several years after the initial procedure. After heart-team discussion, TAVI-in-TAVI was planned using an Evolut pro+ valve, which allowed for full coverage of the Lotus valve and maintenance of coronary flow, resulting in a well-functioning valve with no regurgitation and normal performance.
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