Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has become the standard treatment for elderly patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis. While this has led to the development of new devices with different features, evidence from randomized studies on these new scaffolds is limited. The randomized SCOPE I study (Safety and Efficacy of the Symetis ACURATE Neo/TF Compared…
TCT 2019 | SCOPE I: Self-Expanding Valve Acurate Neo Head to Head with Sapien 3
Courtesy of SBHCI. This work, which was presented during the TCT 2019 Scientific Sessions and simultaneously published in the Lancet, randomized patients to the ACURATE Neo prosthesis (n = 373) vs. the SAPIEN 3 (n = 367) in a head-to-head comparison involving 20 European sites. Transfemoral access was used in all patients. The study had a noninferiority design, and its primary…