Novel Self-Expanding TAVR Valve Successfully Implanted in Small Study [1]
A novel self-expanding TAVR valve has been successfully implanted in ten patients, as reported by a research team in China. The new device is made of a self-expanding nitinol stent with three valve leaflets of bovine pericardial, reduces the risk of coronary obstruction, and is completely retrievable and repositionable. Based on this successful trial, the device has a promising future.
Read the original study here [3].