• The SMall Annuli Randomized To Evolut or SAPIEN (SMART) Trial is a multi-centre,
industry-funded, randomized controlled trial (RCT), aimed at evaluating the clinical …

Background The Small Annuli Randomized To Evolut or SAPIEN trial (SMART trial;
NCT04722250) compares the performance of the two most widely available commercial …

Two decades after its introduction, transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has been
widely accepted as an established treatment for patients with symptomatic severe aortic …

Patients with severe aortic stenosis and small annuli who undergo transcatheter aortic valve
replacement (TAVR) represent a unique and challenging subset. Different types of TAVR …

Background The SMall Annuli Randomized To Evolut or SAPIEN (SMART) Trial was
designed to compare the performance of the two most widely available commercial …

Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the outcomes of transcatheter
self-expandable prostheses in patients with small annuli. Background Transcatheter aortic …

Although transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is considered a superior option to
surgery in patients with small aortic annulus (SAA), it is not clear which type of transcatheter …

Background Patients with severe aortic stenosis and a small aortic annulus are at risk for
impaired valvular hemodynamic performance and associated adverse cardiovascular …

Aims In patients with severe aortic stenosis, trans-prosthetic haemodynamics after
transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) tend to be more favourable than after surgical …

Background Small aortic annulus (SAA) is a challenging anatomical scenario in patients
with aortic stenosis undergoing surgical or transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) …