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. 2016 Mar 21;17(9):1054–1062. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jew032

Table 3.

Multi-level THV measurements on MSCT after TAVI

Overall (n = 94) SAPIEN 3 (n = 39) SAPIEN XT (n = 55) P-value
Observed THV area oversizing, % (in relation to native annulus area) 9.5 ± 8.9 6.3 ± 8.6 11.8 ± 8.5 0.0027
Observed THV area expansion, % (in relation to prosthesis labelled area)
 Overall levels 98.1 ± 6.0 100.9 ± 5.7 96.1 ± 5.5 <0.001
 1. THV inflow 98.2 ± 8.6 105.2 ± 6.4 93.2 ± 6.2 <0.001
 2. Native annulus 96.8 ± 6.4 99.4 ± 6.6 94.9 ± 5.5 <0.001
 3. Mid-THV 95.7 ± 6.0 96.5 ± 5.9* 95.1 ± 6.1** 0.28
 4. THV outflow 101.6 ± 7.1 102.4 ± 6.3 101.0 ± 7.7 0.36
Observed THV eccentricity index, %
 Overall levels 3.60 ± 1.9 3.62 ± 2.0 3.59 ± 1.8 0.95
 1. THV inflow 4.25 ± 2.9 3.81 ± 2.8 4.56 ± 2.9 0.21
 2. Native annulus 3.72 ± 2.5 4.23 ± 2.7 3.35 ± 2.2 0.09
 3. Mid-THV 3.19 ± 2.3 3.46 ± 2.5 3.00 ± 2.1 0.33
 4. THV outflow 3.24 ± 2.7 2.95 ± 2.5 3.45 ± 2.8 0.37
THV depth, mm 3.9 ± 2.0 4.1 ± 2.2 3.8 ± 1.9 0.46

Values are mean±SD.

THV, transcatheter heart valve; TAVI, transcatheter aortic valve implantation; MSCT, multi-slice computed tomography.

*P < 0.001 vs. the SAPIEN 3 THV inflow; **P = 0.0058 vs. the SAPIEN XT THV inflow.