Redo aortic valve surgery versus transcatheter valve-in-valve implantation for failing surgical bioprosthetic valves: consecutive patients in a single-center setting.

CONCLUSIONS: The present investigation shows that both groups, irrespective of different baseline comorbidities, show very good early clinical outcomes. While redo surgery is still the standard of care, a subgroup of patients may profit from the transcatheter valve-in-valve procedure. PMID: 26543594 [PubMed]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26543594?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease - November 8, 2015 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: J Thorac Dis Source Type: research