Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Trends in Utilization and Propensity-Matched Analysis of In-Hospital Outcomes [Structural Heart Disease]

Conclusions— TAVR is being increasingly used as the preferred modality of AVR in patients with prior CABG. Compared with SAVR, TAVR is associated with similar in-hospital mortality but lower rates of in-hospital complications in this important subset of patients.

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Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions - April 11, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Gupta, T., Khera, S., Kolte, D., Goel, K., Kalra, A., Villablanca, P. A., Aronow, H. D., Abbott, J. D., Fonarow, G. C., Taub, C. C., Kleiman, N. S., Weisz, G., Inglessis, I., Elmariah, S., Rihal, C. S., Garcia, M. J., Bhatt, D. L. Tags: Aortic Valve Replacement/Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Structural Heart Disease Source Type: research