5 Years Follow up of the SAPIEN 3 Valve From the DIRECTAVI Trial

A strategy of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) without balloon predilatation has shown to be feasible in routine in observational studies and in two recent randomized trial including the DIRECTAVI trial. Whether the initial implantation strategy may impact the long-term trans catheter heart valve (THV) performances and patient outcomes remains unknown to date. The Investigators therefore aimed to evaluate the 5-years impact of the implantation strategy on THV hemodynamic performances and clinical outcomes in patients included in the DIRECTAVI trial.