Population
Patients with valvular heart disease, including aortic stenosis, mitral regurgitation, and tricuspid valve…
Design
Review
Key result
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation procedures steeply increased, with in-hospital mortality in Germany being similar for TAVI (2.6%) and SAVR (2.9%) in 2016 despite different risk profiles.
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Transcatheter studies now dominate VHD literature; extends the documented shift in research priorities toward device therapies.
The 2018 year in review highlights the rapid expansion of TAVI into lower-risk populations and complex anatomies, alongside emerging transcatheter therapies for mitral and tricuspid disease.
Wojakowski et al. (2018) conducted a review in Valvular heart disease. Transcatheter and surgical treatments was evaluated. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation procedures steeply increased, with in-hospital mortality in Germany being similar for TAVI (2.6%) and SAVR (2.9%) in 2016 despite different risk profiles.