Journal: Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Article Title: Partner valves: role of a prospective device selection strategy using ACURATE and SAPIEN 3 as complementary devices in transcatheter aortic valve implantation

doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2026.1710186

Figure Lengend Snippet: Aortic valve Agatston score by THV type. Box and whisker plot displaying median, interquartile range, and minimum and maximum aortic valve Agatston scores with outliers for all patients with available data (ACURATE, n = 162; SAPIEN 3, n = 390). THV, transcatheter heart valve.

Article Snippet: Notably, although patients treated with ACURATE had higher rates of arterial disease (combined peripheral, carotid, and aortic), the preference for the SAPIEN 3 device for more challenging access anatomy is demonstrated by the higher rate of super-stiff wire use for insertion of the primary sheath (Boston Scientific Meier wire 24% vs. 30%, respectively).

Techniques: Whisker Assay

Journal: Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Article Title: Partner valves: role of a prospective device selection strategy using ACURATE and SAPIEN 3 as complementary devices in transcatheter aortic valve implantation

doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2026.1710186

Figure Lengend Snippet: Diagram showing relevant technical features of the self-expanding ACURATE and balloon-expandable SAPIEN devices, aortic valve selection criteria employed in this study, and a summary of in-hospital outcomes. The ACURATE device can treat an upper annulus perimeter of 85 mm; larger annuli were treated with SAPIEN 3.

Article Snippet: Notably, although patients treated with ACURATE had higher rates of arterial disease (combined peripheral, carotid, and aortic), the preference for the SAPIEN 3 device for more challenging access anatomy is demonstrated by the higher rate of super-stiff wire use for insertion of the primary sheath (Boston Scientific Meier wire 24% vs. 30%, respectively).

Techniques: Selection