Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TaVI): an example of how to organise a TaVI programme

as the population ages, aortic valve stenosis becomes more prevalent. Patients who are symptomatic due to aortic valve stenosis have a severely diminished life expectancy and are, therefore, candidates for surgical aortic valve replacement.1 That said, many of these patients (estimated up to one-third) do not undergo surgery, mainly because of the presence of severe comorbidities and the associated surgical risk.2 This group of high-risk patients may be candidates for the recently developed transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TaVI) strategies.3-10 In this article, we describe the decision-making process and how we perform the procedure in our clinic with a focus on the multidisciplinary approach we use.