In ‐hospital outcomes of transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement in non‐teaching hospitals

ConclusionsTAVR conferred similar in ‐hospital mortality and major peri‐procedural complications compared with SAVR in non‐teaching hospitals. For those with limited access to teaching hospitals, non‐teaching hospitals appear to be a reasonable option for candidates of aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis.

Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - November 8, 2018 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Tomo Ando, Oluwole Adegbala, Pedro A. Villablanca, Alexandros Briasoulis, Hisato Takagi, Cindy L. Grines, Theodore Schreiber, Tamim Nazif, Susheel Kodali, Luis Afonso Tags: VALVULAR AND STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASES Source Type: research