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What are the clinical outcomes of conventional aortic valve replacement in high-risk patients originally referred for TAVI?
What are the clinical outcomes of conventional aortic valve replacement in high-risk patients originally referred for TAVI?
Conventional AVR in high-risk patients originally referred for TAVI yields good medium-term functional results but carries a non-negligible hospital mortality of 10.9%.
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AVR offers functional gains in high-risk TAVI candidates despite notable mortality; leaves open comparative effectiveness versus TAVI.
Rescigno et al. (2014) studied this question.
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