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. 2020 Feb 1;9(2):397. doi: 10.3390/jcm9020397

Table 1.

Valve characteristics and features.

ACURATE neo (Boston Scientific Corporation) SAPIEN 3 (Edwards Lifesciences)
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Supra-annular Intra-annular
Porcine pericardial leaflet tissue Bovine pericardial leaflet tissue
Self-expanding, deployment in a top-down mechanism of nitinol frame. Balloon-expandable cobalt-chromium frame
Transfemoral sheath size (valve size)
18-French for all devices: Small (23 mm), Medium (25 mm), Large (27 mm). Ready for ultra-low profile: 14 F (20, 23, 26 mm); 16 F (29 mm), 18 F (20, 23, 26 mm), 21 F (29 mm)
Special features
-Upper and lower crown;
-Three stabilization arches;
-Outer and inner pericardial skirt.		 -Outer sealing and inner skirt at the inflow