Conventional surgery results in patients originally referred for transcatheter aortic valve implantation
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Conventional surgery results in patients originally referred for transcatheter aortic valve implantation
AIMS Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is increasingly considered as a viable alternative to conventional aortic valve replacement (AVR) in high-risk patients. Long-term results, however, are still scarce and medical community hesitates in enlarging indications to lower-risk patients. Moreover, available devices are expensive and a strict potential candidate selection is necessary....
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1749-8090
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-8-s1-o47