Table 4.
Procedural data of Evolut-R, Portico and Lotus patients.
| Variables | Evolut-R | Portico | Lotus | p-value |
| N | 124 (53.4%) | 78 (33.6%) | 30 (12.9%) | |
| Femoral route | 113 (91.1%) | 69 (88.5%) | 30 (100%) | 0.159 |
| Subclavian route | 11 (8.9%) | 9 (11.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.159 |
| Embolic protection system | 8 (6.5%) | 2 (2.6%) | 3 (10.0%) | 0.269 |
| Any vascular complications | 8 (6.5%) | 6 (7.7%) | 1 (3.3%) | 0.711 |
| PTA with stenting of access site | 1 (0.8%) | 2 (2.6%) | 1 (3.3%) | 0.497 |
| PCI with stenting | 6 (4.8%) | 6 (7.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.263 |
| Degree of oversizing (%) | 20.8 6.8 | 13.8 6.8 | 1.1 7.7 | 0.001 |
| Predilatation | 52 (41.9%) | 60 (76.9%) | 19 (63.3%) | 0.001 |
| Implantation depth NCC (mm) | 4.3 2.5 | 4.9 2.7 | 3.4 2.6 | 0.047 |
| Implantation depth LCC (mm) | 5.6 3.0 | 6.8 2.9 | 5.0 3.1 | 0.012 |
| Implantation depth mean (mm) | 5.0 2.6 | 5.8 2.7 | 5.1 2.6 | 0.015 |
| Postdilatation | 72 (58.1%) | 48 (61.5%) | 2 (6.7%) | 0.001 |
| Repositioning | 15 (12.1%) | 26 (3.3%) | 14 (46.7%) | 0.001 |
| Recapture | 27 (21.8%) | 12 (15.4%) | 8 (26.7%) | 0.352 |
| Emergent cardiac surgery | 1 (0.08%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.646 |
| Need for second valve | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (1.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.371 |
| Contrast volume (mL) | 151.9 63.0 | 167.2 67.6 | 137.9 37.3 | 0.132 |
| Radiation dose () | 76.1 51.5 | 81.0 62.2 | 106.8 55.2 | 0.182 |
LCC, left coronary cusp; NCC, non-coronary cusp; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; PTA, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty.