Transcatheter aortic valve replacement in India-Early experience, challenges, and outcomes from a single center.

CONCLUSION: Our early data clearly shows that in our country, TAVR is a good alternative for symptomatic severe AS for high surgical risk cases. Large-scale multicenter studies are required to study the real impact of TAVR in the Indian scenario. During initial years of implementation of a nationwide TAVR program, it may be prudent to focus on creating TAVR Centers of Excellence by developing an ideal hub and spokes model. PMID: 30595287 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: Indian Heart J - December 1, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Gunasekaran S, Sivaprakasam MC, PaulPandi VK, Oomman A, Mahilmaran A, Kalarickal MS, Sadhasivam VS, Chandrasekaran GA, Kanthallu Narayanamoorthy S, Karaimbil Puthukavi PK, Immaneni S, Nayak R, Sridhar LF, Thangaraj PJR, Thirugnanasambandan S, Meerangham M Tags: Indian Heart J Source Type: research