Does a balloon-expandable valve compared to a self-expandable valve improve outcomes or alter the complication profile in patients with bicuspid aortic valve stenosis?
Both balloon-expandable and self-expandable valves are feasible for treating bicuspid aortic valve stenosis, but they present distinct complication profiles regarding paravalvular regurgitation and annular rupture.
Our study confirms the feasibility of both Sapien 3 and Evolut R/PRO implantation in bicuspid aortic valve anatomy; a higher rate of moderate-severe paravalvular aortic regurgitation was observed in the Evolut R/PRO group at 1-year follow-up in the matched cohort, although patients treated with balloon-expandable valve had a higher rate of annular rupture.
Mangieri et al. (Wed,) studied this question.