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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 11.
Published in final edited form as: JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2019 Oct 16;12(21):2198–2206. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2019.05.053

Table 2 -.

Procedure details

n=12
Moderate sedation 75% (9/12)
Transcaval sheath nominal size (French) 15.1±2.3
Transcaval sheath maximum outer diameter 7.76mm (determined by valve type, valve size and sheath)
TAVR device 83% (10/12) Edwards Sapien 3
17% (2/12) Medtronic Evolut R
TAVR success using the first intended valve 100% (12/12)
Adjunctive aortic balloon tamponade 8% (1/12)
Covered stent 0% (0/12)
Successful transcaval closure with a single TCD 100% (12/12)
Final angiographic transcaval closure score * 75% (9/12) Type 0
8% (1/12) Type 1
17% (2/12) Type 2
0% (0/12) Type 3

TAVR: transcatheter aortic valve replacement; TCD: transcaval closure device.

*

Angiographic transcaval closure score: see Figure S2, Supplemental materials.