Transcatheter Heart Valves—An Update on Types of Valves Available, Hardware Characteristics, and Patient Selection: An Indian Perspective

Abstract

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation has taken the world by storm. The past decade saw expanding indications of Transcatheter aortic valve implantation to include patients at low surgical risk for surgical aortic valve replacement, patients with degenerated aortic bioprosthesis, and repurposing existing transcatheter aortic valves to treat pathology involving other valves. Also around the same time, various iterations of existing transcatheter heart valves and newly launched valves were made available for human use in India. This article highlights salient features of all the commercially available transcatheter heart valves in India. The article also provides a narrative to help a cardiologist choose a particular valve that would best suit the patient taking into account the valve design characteristics and features.