Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis Treated with a Portico Transcatheter Aortic Valve System
Pozzoli, A.; Taramasso, M.; Haager, P.; Miura, M.; Gülmez, G.ök.; Lin, S.-I.; Gavazzoni, M.; Rickli, H.; Maisano, F.
Surgical Technology International 34: 331-338
2019
ISSN/ISBN: 1090-3941 PMID: 31095721 Document Number: 699003
The Portico™ transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) system (Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, CA, USA) was specifically designed to reduce some of the limitations associated with first-generation TAVI devices. Most of the currently available clinical evidence was obtained from randomized studies that compared TAVI to aortic valve replacement using first-generation transcatheter heart valve devices. The aim of this review is to describe the characteristics of the repositionable and retrievable Portico™ system and the technique of implantation, as well as to provide an overview of the most recent outcomes in the literature, along with our institutional experience.