Table 1

Transcatheter valves

Valve*Valve subtypeTypePositionSizes in mm
Embedded Image Melody (Medtronic, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)22 mm, 20 mmBalloon expandablePulmonic (RV-PA conduit, bioprostheses with or without prestenting), native RVOT with presenting, tricuspid ViV and ViR, mitral ViV and ViR, aortic18–24
Embedded Image Sapien (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, California, USA)Sapien
Sapien XT
Sapien 3
Balloon expandableAortic, pulmonic (RV-PA conduit, bioprostheses, native RVOT), tricuspid ViV and ViR, mitral ViV and ViR20–29
Embedded Image Harmony valve (Medtronic)Self-expandingNative RVOT43/22/33/proximal to distal (length 53)
Embedded Image Venus P valve (Venus Medtech, Hangzhou, China)Self-expandingNative RVOT20–32 (length 20 or 30)
Embedded Image CoreValve (Medtronic)CoreValve
Evolute
Self-expandingAortic23–32
Embedded Image Engager (Medtronic)Self-expandingAortic23–26
Embedded Image JenaValve (JenaValve, Irvine California, USA)Self-expandingAortic23–27
Embedded Image Accurate (Symetis/Boston Scientific, Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA)Self-expandingAortic23–27
Embedded Image Lotus (Boston Scientific, Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA)Self-expandingAortic23–27
Embedded Image Centera (Edwards Lifesciences)Self-expandingAortic23–29
Embedded Image Portico (St. Jude, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA)Self-expandingAortic23–29
  • *Commercially available valves: Melody, Sapien XT, Sapien 3, CoreValve, Evolute and Lotus.

  • RV-PA,  right ventricular to pulmonary artery; RVOT,  right ventricular outflow tract; ViR, valve-in-ring; ViV, valve-in-valve.