Transcatheter aortic valve implantation versus surgical aortic valve replacement: a propensity score analysis in patients at high surgical risk.

Abstract

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has recently been advocated to decrease perioperative risk in high-risk patients. In this propensity-score analysis we compared outcomes after TAVI to those after surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR).

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number1
ISSN0022-5223
Publication statusPublished - 2012
pubmed 22054662