Conventional versus Transapical Aortic Valve Replacement: Is It Time for Shift in Indications?

Conclusion For high-risk patients, the TAVI procedure is comparable with conventional AVR, but is not advantageous. These results do not support the expansion of TAVI to low- or intermediate-risk patients.
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Source: The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon - August 11, 2016 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Baumbach H, Ahad S, Rustenbach C, Hill S, Schäufele T, Wachter K, Franke UF Tags: Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Source Type: research