Medtronic have always had better clinical outcomes to Edwards....

Medtronic have always had better clinical outcomes to Edwards. The Drs don’t like the difficulty of implanting the Evolut (self expanding) compared to Sapien (balloon expanding.) Self expanding implantation is less predictable and can be more difficult to get
commasure alignment.

So not only are our results better (much better than Sapien and slightly better than Medtronic) we also have the balloon expandable delivery system. There is much more to the results as well. Durability and laminar flow with disease modification possibilities as well. Left ventricular remodeling.

It is amazing though that Drs will sacrifice a patients long term results for a valve that is worse (sapien) but easier to implant (than Evolut).

Enter DurAVR.

DYOR and Not advice.