The Impact of Improved Percutaneous Pulmonary Valve Design on Patient Characteristics: Smaller, Younger, and More Complex

Objectives: The SAPIEN 3 (S3; Edwards Lifescience, Irvine, CA, USA) is a new design of a transcatheter heart valve (THV) with lower delivery profile and available sizes from 23 to 29 mm. The aim of this study was to compare the patient characteristics receiving earlier Edwards THV types, like the Sapien and Sapien XT valves to the current patient population eligible for percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation (PPVI).