The introduction of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), coupled with the increasing number of elderly patients requiring cardiac surgery, has given rise to an intense debate on the most appropriate treatment strategy for this high-risk population. The study aim was to compare clinical outcomes in older versus younger patients undergoing minimally invasive aortic valve replacement (AVR).
Advanced age per se should not be an exclusion criterion for minimally invasive aortic valve replacement
Santarpino, Giuseppe
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2013-01-01
Abstract
The introduction of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), coupled with the increasing number of elderly patients requiring cardiac surgery, has given rise to an intense debate on the most appropriate treatment strategy for this high-risk population. The study aim was to compare clinical outcomes in older versus younger patients undergoing minimally invasive aortic valve replacement (AVR).File in questo prodotto:
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