Balloon-expandable transcatheter aortic valve implantation with or without pre-dilation – results of a meta-analysis of 3 multicenter registries

Abstract Background To evaluate the outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) without balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) in a real-world setting through a patient-level meta-analysis. Methods The meta-analysis included patients of three European multicenter, prospective, observation...

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Main Authors: Jannik Ole Ashauer, Nikolaos Bonaros, Markus Kofler, Gerhard Schymik, Christian Butter, Mauro Romano, Vinayak Bapat, Justus Strauch, Holger Schröfel, Andreas Busjahn, Cornelia Deutsch, Peter Bramlage, Jana Kurucova, Martin Thoenes, Stephan Baldus, Tanja K. Rudolph
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12872-019-1151-y