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ReviewFuture cardiology2025

An evaluation of the SavvyWire as a support wire for TAVR procedures.

Julio I Farjat-Pasos, Marisa Avvedimento, Josep Rodes-Cabau

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Review in Future cardiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Julio I Farjat-PasosQuebec Heart and Lung Institute, Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8353-7625
Marisa AvvedimentoQuebec Heart and Lung Institute, Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8443-7888
Josep Rodes-CabauQuebec Heart and Lung Institute, Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-8237-7095

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) represents a minimally invasive alternative for the treatment of severe symptomatic aortic stenosis and is increasingly adopted in younger and lower-risk patients. A support guidewire placed in the left ventricle is required in all TAVR procedures, and rapid ventricular pacing is frequently used to ensure valve implant stability. Also, recent studies showed a correlation between post-TAVR hemodynamic gradients and clinical outcomes, underscoring the importance of accurate invasive measurements. The SavvyWire™ (Opsens Medical) is a novel support guidewire designed for TAVR procedures that integrates left ventricular pacing and invasive pressure measurement capabilities, enabling continuous hemodynamic monitoring and simplifying the procedure. This review outlines the SavvyWire's™ design features and summarizes clinical evidence supporting its use in TAVR procedures.

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Aortic ValveAortic Valve StenosisHeart Valve ProsthesisTranscatheter Aortic Valve ReplacementEquipment DesignHemodynamicsHumansProsthesis Designinnovationinvasive hemodynamicsleft ventricle pacingsupport guidewireTranscatheter aortic valve replacement

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PMID40417940
PMCPMC12150634

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