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ReviewHeart international2024

A Comprehensive Evaluation of the NAVITOR Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement System.

Joe Aoun, Syed Zaid, Sachin Goel, Michael J Reardon

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Review in Heart international, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Pacemaker Implantation Rates With the Self-Expandable Navitor Valve.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2026
    Article
  4. Lessons Learned From the ACURATE IDE Trial for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions · 2025
    Review
  5. Article
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Joe AounCardiovascular Medicine Department, DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, TX, USA.
Syed ZaidCardiovascular Medicine Department, VA DeBakey Medical Center, TX, USA.
Sachin GoelCardiovascular Medicine Department, DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, TX, USA.
Michael J ReardonCardiovascular Surgery Department, DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, TX, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has undergone significant advancements in the last two decades, expanding its indications and refining transcatheter heart valve (THV) and delivery system designs to improve procedural success and patient outcomes. This review focuses on the Navitor™ valve, a third-generation intra-annular Portico™ valve (Abbott Structural Heart, St Paul, MN, USA) designed to address TAVR complications, particularly paravalvular leak (PVL). We present an overview of the Navitor™ system, comparing it to the first-generation Portico™ THV in terms of THV design, key iterations and clinical outcomes. The Navitor™ THV introduces two key refinements-a protective outer sealing skirt and a more flexible delivery system. These enhancements have led to a significant reduction in 30 day PVL rates, from 6.3% with the first-generation Portico™ to 0% with the Navitor™ system. Additionally, the Navitor™ system exhibited lower rates of severe bleeding (27.3% versus 13.1%) and major vascular complications (5.8% versus 0.7%) compared with the first-generation Portico™. The Navitor™ valve represents a promising advancement in TAVR technology, with notable reductions in complications such as PVL, severe bleeding, and major vascular issues, compared with its predecessor. While further research is needed to assess long-term durability, these results underscore its potential benefits in enhancing patient outcomes and reducing complications. This review provides insights into the evolving landscape of TAVR technology and its quantifiable impact on patient care.

Indexed as

Aortic stenosisNavitorPorticostructural heart diseasetechnologytranscatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)

Identifiers

PMID39006462
PMCPMC11239129

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