DURABILITY OF BIOLOGICAL PROSTHESES USED FOR MANAGEMENT OF DEGENERATIVE AORTIC STENOSIS – TAVR vs. SAVR

The only known treatment for high grade degenerative aortic stenosis until the beginning of this century was surgical replacement with a biological or mechanical valve. For the high risk or inoperable patients this treatment was unacceptable, with a high mortality rate in both operated and non-opera...

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Published in:	Journal of IMAB
Main Authors:	Veselin Valkov, Dobrin Kalchev, Atanas Kostadino, Yavor Kashlov, Branimir Kanazirev
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Peytchinski Publishing 2018-06-01
Subjects:	Transcatheter aortic-valve implantation (TAVI) aortic stenosis bioprosthetic valvular dysfunction
Online Access:	https://www.journal-imab-bg.org/issues-2018/issue2/JofIMAB-2018-24-2p2055-2057.pdf