http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/03/30/minimally-invasive-aortic-valve-replacement-video-2/#comment-3589 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:59:42 +0000 http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/03/30/minimally-invasive-aortic-valve-replacement-video-2/#comment-3589 Hi Adam -- Thanks so much for sharing information about the Edwards SAPIEN transcatheter heart valve. For some additional details: the picture you posted shows (top) the current transfemoral delivery system, which is commercially available in Europe and being used in the U.S. pivotal clinical trial. It also shows (bottom) the next-generation transfemoral delivery system, which as you'll see in the picture is a covered delivery system. Both of these are inserted through a small incision in the leg and used to delivery the aortic valve replacement via the femoral artery. Edwards is also working on a next-generation transcatheter heart valve, which the company hopes to initiate clinical trials for in Europe at the end of the year. Thanks! Hi Adam — Thanks so much for sharing information about the Edwards SAPIEN transcatheter heart valve. For some additional details: the picture you posted shows (top) the current transfemoral delivery system, which is commercially available in Europe and being used in the U.S. pivotal clinical trial. It also shows (bottom) the next-generation transfemoral delivery system, which as you’ll see in the picture is a covered delivery system. Both of these are inserted through a small incision in the leg and used to delivery the aortic valve replacement via the femoral artery. Edwards is also working on a next-generation transcatheter heart valve, which the company hopes to initiate clinical trials for in Europe at the end of the year. Thanks!

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