First-In-Human Experience of the New Fully Repositionable IMPERIA Delivery System to Implant the ALLEGRA Transcatheter Heart Valve in Patients With Severe Calcific Aortic Stenosis or Degenerated Surgical Bioprosthesis: Thirty-Day Results of the EMPIR
This study confirms the safety and efficacy of transcatheter aortic valve implantation using the IMPERIA delivery system to implant the CE marked ALLEGRA transcatheter heart valve in patients with severe calcific native AS or a degenerated surgical aortic bioprostheses.
Authors
- Nicolas M. Van Mieghem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2732-1205)
- Pim A.L. Tonino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2099-5426)
- Joseph M. Graham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7541-4892)
- Samuel Copt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8378-9729)
- Christian Frerker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0226-0888)
- José M. de la Torre Hernández (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4570-8902)
- Christof Burgdorf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8130-2443)
- José Antonio Baz
- Keith G. Oldroyd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7842-3463)
- Pieter A. Vriesendorp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2961-8600)
- Ignacio Cruz‐González (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9742-6072)
- Ben Ren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8227-8094)
- Ernest Spitzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2371-5431)
- Anders Jönsson
- Nicolas Doll
- Pilar Jiménez
Institutions
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- Royal Sussex County Hospital (GB)
- Catharina Ziekenhuis (NL)
- Erasmus MC (NL)
- Bellvitge University Hospital (ES)
- University Hospital Complex Of Vigo (ES)
- Hospital Clínico San Carlos (ES)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- Universitäres Kinderwunschzentrum Lübeck (DE)
- Complejo Hospitalario de Salamanca (ES)
- Schüchtermann-Klinik (DE)
- Klinik Lüneburger Heide (DE)
- Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Victoria (ES)
- Cardialysis (Netherlands) (NL)
- University of Lübeck (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Structural Heart
- Published
- 2025-02-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shj.2024.100391
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.78
Funders
- Edwards Lifesciences
- Boston Scientific Corporation
- MicroPort