International journal of cardiology

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• Int. J. Cardiol. · Dec 2016

  Meta Analysis

  A meta-analysis and meta-regression of long-term outcomes of transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis.

  Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has emerged as an alternative to surgical aortic-valve replacement (SAVR) for patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS) who are at high operative risk. We sought to determine the long-term (≥1year follow-up) safety and efficacy TAVR compared with SAVR in patients with severe AS. ⋯ TAVR and SAVR showed similar long-term survival in patients with severe AS; with important differences in treatment-associated morbidity.

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