Between a Rock and a Hard Place: How to Use Antithrombotics in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has become the preferred method for management of severe aortic stenosis in patients who are at high and intermediate surgical risk. Short-term data have been presented from two studies comparing TAVR versus surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in low surgical risk patients. The Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valves 3 (PARTNER 3) trial compared TAVR using a balloon expandable valve with standard SAVR. The primary endpoint was a composite of all-cause mortality, stroke, or re-hospitalization at 1 year post-procedure.
Source: Radcliffe Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research