Aortic Valve Replacement for Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis in the Nonagenarian Patient.

CONCLUSIONS: Aortic valve replacement for severe aortic valve stenosis can be done with less than predicted operative risk in nonagenarian patients. However, transfemoral SAPIEN transcatheter heart valve transcatheter AVR should be undertaken with caution because of increased risk of vascular injury. Aortic valve replacement should not be denied in select patients. PMID: 25200726 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - September 5, 2014 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Murashita T, Greason KL, Suri RM, Nkomo VT, Holmes DR, Rihal CS, Mathew V Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research