Valve-in-Valve vs Re-Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement for Reducing Short-Term Mortality - The Cardiology Advisor

A study was conducted to compare 30-day mortality outcomes between valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve implantation and re‐surgical aortic valve replacement.

Short term mortality rates were lower among patients with degenerated surgical bioprostheses who received valve-in-valve (ViV) transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) compared with re-surgical… [+2774 chars]

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