Cardiac Operations after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

CONCLUSIONS: Cardiac operations after TAVR are increasing and interval between TAVR and operation decreasing. Most cardiac operations are complex, high-risk reoperations and isolated AVR rare. These findings should be considered when TAVR is selected for low-intermediate risk patients, particularly with multiple cardiac pathologies not addressed by TAVR.PMID:34800488 | DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.10.022

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - November 20, 2021 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: James Yun Osama Abou Saleh Jin Woo Chung Faisal G Bakaeen Shinya Unai Michael Z Tong Eric E Roselli Douglas R Johnston Edward G Soltesz Jeevanantham Rajeswaran Samir Kapadia Eugene H Blackstone G östa B Pettersson A Marc Gillinov Lars G Svensson Source Type: research