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Evolution of Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in the Era of Transcatheter Valve Technology

Thursday, November 16, 2017

Submitted by

Mark Ferguson

Source

Source Name: JAMA Surgery

Source URL: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/article-abstract/2643993

Author(s)

Aditya Mantha, Yen-Yi Juo, Ravi Morchi, Ramin Ebrahimi, Boback Ziaeian, Richard J. Shemin, Peyman Benharash

This brief article compares costs and morbidities for TAVR and SAVR in the current era. TAVR costs are higher than for SAVR and have increased despite no apparent change in comorbidity index. In contrast, SAVR costs remained stable during the same period.