Research Article
The Impact of Aortic Valvular Calcium on Transcatheter Heart Valve Distortion
| | | Overall (n = 118) | Noneccentric calcification group (n = 59) | Eccentric calcification group (n = 59) | value |
| | THV size (mm) | | | | 0.400 | | 20 | 13 (11.0) | 7 (11.9) | 6 (10.2) | | | 23 | 60 (50.8) | 34 (57.6) | 26 (44.1) | | | 26 | 40 (33.9) | 16 (27.1) | 24 (40.7) | | | 29 | 5 (4.2) | 2 (3.4) | 3 (5.1) | | | Access route | | | | | | Transfemoral, n (%) | 118 (100) | 59 (100) | 59 (100) | 1.000 | | Predilatation, n (%) | 63 (53.4) | 23 (39.0) | 40 (67.8) | 0.003 | | Postdilatation, n (%) | 31 (26.3) | 18 (30.5) | 13 (22.0) | 0.403 | | Delivery balloon volume | | | | 0.062 | | Nominal volume, n (%) | 63 (53.4) | 36 (61.0) | 27 (45.8) | | | Over filling volume, n (%) | 2 (1.7) | 2 (3.4) | 0 (0) | | | Under filling volume, n (%) | 53 (44.9) | 21 (35.6) | 32 (54.2) | | | Valve oversizing ratio (%) | 21.1 (12.3–26.6) | 19.9 (10.4–25.7) | 21.2 (14.0–28.1) | 0.176 |
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Values are expressed as median (interquartile) or absolute frequency (percentage). THV, transcatheter heart valve.
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