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Comparison of Balloon-Expandable vs Self-expandable Valves in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement The CHOICE Randomized Clinical Trial

Sunday, March 30, 2014

Submitted by

Tom C. Nguyen

Source

Source Name: JAMA

Source URL: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1854355

Author(s)

Mohamed Abdel-Wahab; Julinda Mehilli; Christian Frerker; Franz-Josef Neumann; Thomas Kurz; Ralph Tölg; Dirk Zachow; Elena Guerra; Steffen Massberg; Ulrich Schäfer; Mohamed El-Mawardy; Gert Richardt; for the CHOICE investigators

Randomized trial in high risk patients (n=121) with severe aortic stenosis comparing a balloon-expandable valve (Edwards Sapien XT) versus a self-expandable valve (Medtronic CoreValve). Higher device success and lower PPM implantation was appreciated in the ballon-expandable group.