Outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement without predilation of the aortic valve: Insights from 1544 patients included in the SOURCE 3 registry

AimsTo investigate the impact of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) without preliminary balloon aortic valvuloplasty (pre-BAV) on periprocedural outcomes in a large, real-world registry.Methods and resultsThe SOURCE 3 registry was an observational, multi-center, single-arm study of patients with severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis at high surgical risk treated with the SAPIEN 3 transcatheter heart valve (THV). Procedural and 30-day...