Single center TAVR experience with a focus on the prevention and management of catastrophic complications

Conclusions: TAVR can be accomplished with excellent safety in a tertiary center with a well‐developed infrastructure for the management of serious complications. The data presented here provide support for TAVR as an important treatment option, and results from randomized trials of patients with lower surgical risk are eagerly awaited. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - January 9, 2014 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Samir R. Kapadia, Lars G. Svensson, Eric Roselli, Paul Schoenhagen, Zoran Popovic, Andrej Alfirevic, Benico Barzilai, Amar Krishnaswamy, William Stewart, Anand Mehta, Kanhaiya lal Poddar, Akhil Parashar, Dhruv Modi, Alper Ozkan, Umesh Khot, Bruce W. Lytle Tags: Original Study Source Type: research