The 8-year data may hold value for TAVI—the newest Sapien valve uses the same tissue—but many other variables differ.

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a minimally invasive procedure used to replace damaged heart valves, ...

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) today announced the launch of its latest surgical risk calculator designed for patients undergoing ascending aorta and aortic root surgery, with or without ...

Australia and New Zealand to compare the safety and efficacy of Evolut TAVR to surgery. Patients were randomized to TAVR (n=737) or surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) (n=741). Both groups ...

and these populations will need individualized [randomized control trials] to identify whether TAVR results in similar outcomes as SAVR." Reardon acknowledged the importance of surgery for AS ...

Therefore, although these scores help predict operative mortality in the setting of cardiac surgery, they provide ... aortic cross-clamping required for SAVR. Such a patient is truly inoperable ...

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