In a two-part review, Bax and many other authorities on transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) provide an extensive overview of the open issues related to patient selection, treatment strategy, and procedural aspects that will help further improve outcomes after TAVI.
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Transapical TAVR
June 20, 2014
This single-centre propensity matched study aimed to compare the outcomes between patients undergoing transapical TAVI or surgical aortic valve replacement in patients who have previously undergone cardiac surgery. Patients who underwent procedures between 2005 and 2012 were included with 40 patients in each group following propensity matching.
May 9, 2014
The FRANCE 2 investigators have developed a scoring system to predict the risk of in-hospital or 30-day mortality for patients undergoing TAVI. There were 3833 TAVIs used for development and validation of the scoring system with the majority of patients receiving an Edwards Sapien prosthesis.
April 28, 2014
Dr. Thomas Walther discusses the transapical TAVR Access technique at Dallas-Leipzig Valve 2012.