Meta-Analysis of Comparison Between Self-Expandable and Balloon-Expandable Valves for Patients Having Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

• Published in: The American journal of cardiology Vol. 115; no. 12; pp. 1720 - 1725
• Main Authors: Moretti, Claudio, D'Ascenzo, Fabrizio, Mennuni, Marco, Taha, Salma, Brambilla, Nedy, Nijhoff, Freek, Fraccaro, Chiara, Barbanti, Marco, Tamburino, Corrado, Tarantini, Giuseppe, Rossi, Marco L., Presbitero, Patrizia, Napodanno, Massimo, Stella, Pieter, Bedogni, Francesco, Omedè, Pierluigi, Conrotto, Federico, Montefusco, Antonio, Giordana, Francesca, Biondi Zoccai, Giuseppe, Agostoni, Piefrancesco, D'Amico, Maurizio, Rinaldi, Mauro, Marra, Sebastiano, Gaita, Fiorenzo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 15.06.2015; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Aortic Valve - surgery; Cardiovascular; Clinical trials; Confidence intervals; Heart attacks; Heart Valve Prosthesis; Humans; Medical Subject Headings-MeSH; Meta-analysis; Multivariate analysis; Prostheses; Prosthesis Design; Regression analysis; Stroke; Studies; Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement - instrumentation
• ISSN: 0002-9149; 1879-1913; 1879-1913
• DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.03.015

Two different devices, 1 self-expanding and 1 balloon-expandable, have been developed for patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve implantation with contrasting data about efficacy and safety. Pubmed, Medline, and Google Scholar were systematically searched for studies of these different de...