{"id":10030,"date":"2026-05-25T00:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T21:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=10030"},"modified":"2026-05-25T00:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T21:54:09","slug":"europcr-2026-new-balloon-assisted-technique-for-lvot-protection-before-tmvr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/europcr-2026-new-balloon-assisted-technique-for-lvot-protection-before-tmvr\/","title":{"rendered":"EuroPCR 2026: New Balloon-Assisted Technique For LVOT Protection Before TMVR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EuroPCR 2026: New Balloon-Assisted Technique For LVOT Protection Before TMVR<\/p>\n<p>* Two major techniques are now used to reduce LVOT obstruction risk in TMVR:<br \/>\n* LAMPOON \u2014 current electrosurgical anterior leaflet-splitting technique<br \/>\n* BATMAN \u2014 newer balloon-assisted anterior leaflet-splitting technique designed to create more LVOT space in TMVR<br \/>\n* BATMAN may offer a simpler and faster alternative to LAMPOON, with:<br \/>\n* 99% procedural success<br \/>\n* No procedural deaths<br \/>\n* Why the anterior leaflet?<br \/>\nBecause it can be displaced toward the LVOT during TMVR and obstruct blood flow from the left ventricle.<br \/>\n* Particularly useful in:<br \/>\n* Severe MAC<br \/>\n* Small predicted LVOT space<br \/>\n* Related concept:<br \/>\n* BASILICA = similar catheter-based leaflet-splitting procedure, but used in TAVR\/TAVI to prevent coronary obstruction.<br \/>\n* Key concept:<br \/>\n\u201cPrepare the anatomy before implanting the valve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: EuroPCR 2026 \/ JACC Cardiovascular Interventions<br \/>\nPublished: May 22, 2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tctmd.com\/news\/registry-results-validate-transseptal-batman-high-risk-tmvr-patients\">https:\/\/www.tctmd.com\/news\/registry-results-validate-transseptal-batman-high-risk-tmvr-patients<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EuroPCR 2026: New Balloon-Assisted Technique For LVOT Protection Before TMVR * Two major techniques are now used to reduce LVOT obstruction risk in TMVR: * LAMPOON \u2014 current electrosurgical anterior leaflet-splitting technique * BATMAN \u2014 newer balloon-assisted anterior leaflet-splitting technique designed to create more LVOT space in TMVR * BATMAN may offer a simpler and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10030"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10031,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10030\/revisions\/10031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}