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Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)
Stay up to date on the latest clinical evidence from Medtronic. Key summaries demonstrate the efficacy of the CoreValve™/Evolut™ TAVR platform.
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The Evolut TAVR platform performed numerically better than SAVR in primary endpoint of all-cause mortality or disabling stroke at 3 years (7.4% TAVR versus 10.4% SAVR; p = 0.051). The Evolut platform also showed statistically better hemodynamics than SAVR at 3 years.
N = 730 TAVR, N = 684 SAVR
Evolut™ R 73%/Evolut™ PRO 23.4%/CoreValve 3.6%
All-cause mortality or disabling stroke
TAVR risks may include, but are not limited to, death, stroke, damage to the arteries, bleeding, and need for permanent pacemaker.
CoreValve/Evolut TAVR had significantly better valve performance than surgery as assessed by bioprosthetic valve dysfunction (BVD),* with 3x lower severe PPM in randomized clinical trials at 5 years (3.7% CoreValve/Evolut TAVR versus 11.8% SAVR; p < 0.001).
CoreValve/Evolut TAVR demonstrated significantly lower rates of BVD versus SAVR (7.8% CoreValve/Evolut TAVR versus 14.2% SAVR; p < 0.001).
Bioprosthetic valve dysfunction out to 5 years
*BVD was defined as3,4: SVD5 (mean gradient ≥ 10 mm Hg increase from discharge/30 days AND ≥ 20 mm Hg at last echo or new onset/increase of ≥ moderate intraprosthetic aortic regurgitation), NSVD (30-day severe PPM at 30-day/discharge3 or severe PVR through 5 years), clinical valve thrombosis, and endocarditis.
TAVR risks may include, but are not limited to, death, stroke, damage to the arteries, bleeding, and need for permanent pacemaker.
The cusp overlap technique, with an optimized care pathway, demonstrated excellent clinical outcomes in this interim analysis with single-digit pacemaker rates (9.8% PPI at 30 days), low rates of PVL (0% moderate/severe at discharge), and one-day median discharge from main cohort.
N = 400 patients in the main cohort. At the conclusion of the study, more than 650 patients will have been evaluated.
Evolut™ PRO+ 91.5%/Evolut PRO 8.0%
PVL (main cohort)
†One patient with mild-moderate PVL.
TAVR risks may include, but are not limited to, death, stroke, damage to the arteries, bleeding, and need for permanent pacemaker.
Compared to SAVR at 5 years, CoreValve/Evolut TAVR demonstrated no statistical difference in all-cause mortality (30.0% TAVR versus 30.8% SAVR; p = 0.85), numerically lower disabling stroke (4.1% TAVR versus 5.8% SAVR; p = 0.12), and statistically better hemodynamics with stable low gradients in intermediate-risk patients.
N = 864 TAVR, N = 796 SAVR
CoreValve 84%/Evolut R 16%
Mean gradient and EOA over time implanted set
TAVR risks may include, but are not limited to, death, stroke, damage to the arteries, bleeding, and need for permanent pacemaker.
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Forrest JK, et al. Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Aortic Stenosis Patients at Low Surgical Risk: 3-Year Outcomes from the Evolut Low Risk Trial. Presented at ACC; March 2023.
Yakubov S, et al. Five-Year Incidence of Bioprosthetic Valve Dysfunction in Patients Randomized to Surgery or TAVR: Insights From the CoreValve US Pivotal and SURTAVI Trials. Presented at CRT; February 2023.
VARC-3 Writing Committee; Généreux P, Piazza N, Alu MC, et al. Valve Academic Research Consortium 3: updated endpoint definitions for aortic valve clinical research. Eur Heart J. May 14, 2021;42(19):1825-1857.
Capodanno D, Petronio AS, Prendergast B, et al. Standardized definitions of structural deterioration and valve failure in assessing long-term durability of transcatheter and surgical aortic bioprosthetic valves: a consensus statement from the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) endorsed by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS). Eur Heart J. December 1, 2017;38(45):3382-3390.
Adapted from VARC-3 Writing Committee, et al. and Capodanno D, et al.
Grubb K. Impact of a standardized TAVI technique and care pathway in the Optimize PRO study. Presented at EuroPCR 2022; May 17, 2022; Paris, France.
Van Mieghem NM, Deeb GM, Søndergaard L, et al. Self-expanding Transcatheter vs Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Intermediate-Risk Patients: 5-Year Outcomes of the SURTAVI Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Cardiol. October 1, 2022;7(10):1000-1008.