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TRANSCATHETER VALVE TYPES AVAILABLE
Several research/investigational trials are underway
throughout the country, and Baylor Hamilton Heart and
Vascular Hospital continues to be a global site featuring
innovative technology on valve disorders. Candidates for
valve replacement or repair are carefully selected, and
the appropriate valve is chosen based on the individual
patient’s situation.
“Surgeons and cardiologists simultaneously evaluating
the patients eliminates fragmented visits for the patients
and allows for open discussion to adjudicate the best
option for each patient. This is especially important as
new technology evolves,” says Robert F. Hebeler, Jr., MD,
Co-Medical Director of Cardiac Surgery. With FDA
approval expanding the use of transcatheter heart valves
to patients at intermediate risk (Sapien and CoreValve®),
the Center for Valve Disorders offers these valve types:
Aortic:
Medtronic
• CoreValve® Evolut™ R (Commercial and Research) –
23, 26, 29 and 34 mm
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SAPIEN 3 image courtesy of Edwards
Other therapies as a part of the Center for Valve
Disorders include:
• Minimally invasive mitral and tricuspid valve repair;
aortic, mitral, and tricuspid replacement and MAZE
• Transcatheter valve-in-valve implantation for failed
bioprosthetic valves in the aortic, mitral, tricuspid,
or pulmonic position
• Transcatheter valve-in-ring for prior mitral or
tricuspid annuloplasty
• MitraClip® and Transcatheter Mitral Valve
Replacement (TMVR) for high surgical risk
patients with severe mitral regurgitation
• CoreValve® Evolut™ PRO (Commercial and Research) –
23, 26, 29 mm • Balloon mitral valvuloplasty for mitral stenosis
Edwards
• Sapien XT (Commercial) • Percutaneous Atrial Septal Defect Closure
• Sapien S3 (Commercial)
– Early TAVR asymptomatic aortic stenosis
– Intermediate Risk
• Sizes for both: 20, 23, 26 and 29 mm
TMVR and Mitral Clip Valve Types:
Abbott
• MitraClip® (Research and Commercial)
• Tendyne (Research)
– EF > 30%
Medtronic
• Intrepid 12 Study (Research)
– EF around 20%
• Percutaneous Patent Foramen Ovale Closure
• Alcohol Septal Ablation for H