Balloon Fracturing Valve-in-Valve: How to Do It and a Case Report of TAVR in a Rapid Deployment Prosthesis

Table 1

Balloon fracture pressures according to Allen et al., 2017 [15]. In this study, the balloon was sized 1 mm larger than the valve size. atm, atmospheres.

Valve type	TRUE balloon	Atlas Gold balloon
	Fracture pressure	Fracture pressure
St. Jude Trifecta
19 mm	No	No
21 mm	No	No
St. Jude Biocor Epic
21 mm	8 atm	8 atm
Medtronic Mosaic
19 mm	10 atm	10 atm
21 mm	10 atm	10 atm
Medtronic Hancock II
21 mm	No	No
Sorin Mitroflow
19 mm	12 atm	12 atm
21 mm	12 atm	12 atm
Edwards Magna
19 mm	24 atm	24 atm
21 mm	24 atm	24 atm
Edwards Magna Ease
19 mm	18 atm	18 atm
21 mm	18 atm	18 atm