title: New St. Jude Medical Portico™ transcatheter aortic valve: features and early results.
abstract: Patients with symptomatic aortic valve disease who are inoperable or have high surgery-related risks may be treated with transcatheter aortic valve implantation devices. With this method increasingly applied, device innovations are aimed at achieving improved procedural results and therapeutic outcome. This paper describes the innovations implemented in the St. Jude Medical Portico™ system for transcatheter aortic valve implantation, the application of this system and initial clinical experience.
authors.affiliation: Belfast Heart Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast Trust, Belfast, UK. markspence1@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Spence
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lyons
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: McVerry
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Manoharan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maguire
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Doherty
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morton
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hoeritzauer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Manoharan
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome