Comparison of the Outcomes between Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients Aged above 80

Background: Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has been suggested as a less invasive treatment for high-risk p atients with a ortic valve disease. I n this s tudy, we c ompared the outcomes of c onventional surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) and TAVR in elderly patients aged over 8...

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Main Authors: Jeong-Woo Lee, Jihoon Kim, Sung-Ho Jung, Cheol Hyun Chung, Jae Won Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2017-08-01
Series:Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.kjtcvs.org/journal/download_pdf.php?doi=10.5090/kjtcs.2017.50.4.255