Lotus Edge, the next-generation transcatheter aortic valve (TAVR) from Boston Scientific, has received CE Mark for use in high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis. With features that should maintain low rates of paravalvular leak and potentially offer a lower rate of required pacemaker implants, market watchers speculate this TAVR could possibly win share from Edwards Lifesciences and Medtronic, the two lead TAVR makers.
Larry Biegelsen, Wells Fargo senior analyst, wrote in a September 19 research note that there have been 21 Lotus Edge procedures conducted in Australia, as well as a “handful in Europe.” In its release, Boston Scientific noted that the valve will be available in certain European centers, with more sites to be added as implanters and cites are trained.
