Valvular and Structural Heart Diseases
The 3 S's of the Sapien balloon expandable valve
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Key Points
- The Sapien 3 (S3) balloon expandable aortic valve equipped with an outer skirt to minimize paravalvular leakage (PVL) was built upon the predecessor Sapien XT (SXT) valve.
- There is scant comparative data of transcatheter aortic valve replacement using S3 versus SXT valve.
- The study shows that S3 valve is associated with reduced PVL rate compared with SXT, which is an important clinical advantage.