Impact of Pre-Existing Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch on Survival Following Aortic Valve-in-Valve Procedures

Conclusions
Pre-existing PPM of the failed surgical valve is strongly and independently associated with increased risk for mortality following ViV implantation.

Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Interventions - January 15, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Pibarot, P., Simonato, M., Barbanti, M., Linke, A., Kornowski, R., Rudolph, T., Spence, M., Moat, N., Aldea, G., Mennuni, M., Iadanza, A., Amrane, H., Gaia, D., Kim, W.-K., Napodano, M., Baumbach, H., Finkelstein, A., Kobayashi, J., Brecker, S., Don, C., Tags: Structural: Focus on TAVR Source Type: research