Transcatheter aortic valve implantation with self-expanding valves and the impact of balloon predilatation: the DIRECT II trial

Leonidas Koliastasis; Ioannis Doundoulakis; Jan Rychter; Michal Zembala; Vlasis Ninios; Ilias Ninios; Sotirios Evangelou; Georgios Katsimagklis; Antonios Mastrokostopoulos; Sotiris Moraitis; Christoforos Komporozos; Michalis Hamilos; Emmanouil Skalidis; Dimitris Syrseloudis; Eirini Pagkalidou; Georgios Benetos; Georgios Latsios; Maria Drakopoulou; Andreas Synetos; Konstantina Aggeli; Dimitrios Tousoulis; Konstantinos Tsioufis; Konstantinos Toutouzas

doi:10.1016/j.hjc.2023.09.016

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation with self-expanding valves and the impact of balloon predilatation: the DIRECT II trial

Hellenic J Cardiol. 2023 Sep 29:S1109-9666(23)00187-2. doi: 10.1016/j.hjc.2023.09.016. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Leonidas Koliastasis¹, Ioannis Doundoulakis², Jan Rychter³, Michal Zembala³, Vlasis Ninios⁴, Ilias Ninios⁴, Sotirios Evangelou⁴, Georgios Katsimagklis⁵, Antonios Mastrokostopoulos⁵, Sotiris Moraitis⁵, Christoforos Komporozos⁵, Michalis Hamilos⁶, Emmanouil Skalidis⁶, Dimitris Syrseloudis², Eirini Pagkalidou⁷, Georgios Benetos², Georgios Latsios², Maria Drakopoulou², Andreas Synetos², Konstantina Aggeli², Dimitrios Tousoulis², Konstantinos Tsioufis², Konstantinos Toutouzas²

Affiliations

¹ First Department of Cardiology, National and Kapodistrian University, "Hippokration" Hospital, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: lkoliastasis@gmail.com.
² First Department of Cardiology, National and Kapodistrian University, "Hippokration" Hospital, Athens, Greece.
³ Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland.
⁴ Second Department of Cardiology, Interbalkan medical center, Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁵ Department of Cardiology, Naval Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
⁶ Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
⁷ Department of Hygiene, Social-Preventive Medicine & Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

PMID: 37778638
DOI: 10.1016/j.hjc.2023.09.016

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Keywords: Transcatheter valve implantation; aortic valve disease; percutaneous valve therapy; structural heart disease; structural interventions; valvular interventions.

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Letter