Transapical Aortic Valve Replacement for Severe Aortic Stenosis: Results From the Nonrandomized Continued Access Cohort of the PARTNER Trial.

CONCLUSIONS: Among the 975 patients in the NRCA-TA cohort, rates of major outcomes including death and stroke compared favorably with outcomes of PMA-TA and SAVR patients enrolled in the PARTNER trial. This trend toward improved outcomes may be attributed to improved patient selection, individual centers surmounting the procedural learning curve, and refinements in surgical technique. PMID: 23968764 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - August 20, 2013 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Dewey TM, Bowers B, Thourani VH, Babaliaros V, Smith CR, Leon MB, Svensson LG, Tuzcu EM, Miller DC, Teirstein PS, Tyner J, Brown DL, Fontana GP, Makkar RR, Williams MR, George I, Kirtane AJ, Bavaria JE, Mack MJ Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research