title: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation: know the differences between the currently available technologies.
abstract: This follow-on article (see below) comparing the differences between the Edwards-Sapien valve (ESV) and the Medtronic CoreValve (MCV) discusses transcatheter valve technologies from the point of view of a world-renowned team of cardiac experts led by Dr Sanjeevan Pasupati from Waikato Hospital, New Zealand, which has deployed both the ESV and the MCV technology since 2008.
authors.affiliation: Waikato Hospital, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Iona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: MacDonald
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pasupati
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents