Does TAVI improve LVEF recovery compared to SAVR in patients with severe aortic stenosis and reduced LVEF?
TAVI may provide a better alternative to SAVR for LVEF recovery in high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis and depressed LV systolic function.
In patients with severe aortic stenosis and depressed LV systolic function, TAVI is associated with better LVEF recovery compared with SAVR. TAVI may provide an interesting alternative to SAVR in patients with depressed LV systolic function considered at high surgical risk.
Clavel et al. (2010) studied this question.