A match not made in heaven-TAVR prosthesis-patient mismatch with contemporary valves

Lucy M Safi; Zoltan G Turi

doi:10.1002/ccd.28201

A match not made in heaven-TAVR prosthesis-patient mismatch with contemporary valves

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2019 Apr 1;93(5):980-981. doi: 10.1002/ccd.28201.

Authors

Lucy M Safi¹, Zoltan G Turi¹

Affiliation

¹ Center for Structural and Congenital Heart Disease, Heart and Vascular Hospital, Hackensack, University Medical Center and Seton Hall Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, NJ.

PMID: 30953410
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.28201

Abstract

Prosthesis-patient mismatch (PPM) in TAVR is relatively common Valve oversizing can potentially prevent both paravalvular leak and PPM PPM may be avoidable if the expected Effective Orifice Area/Body Surface Area ratio is considered in decision making pre-TAVR.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Aortic Valve / surgery
Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery*
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Humans
Incidence
Prosthesis Design
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement*
Treatment Outcome