Is urgent transcatheter aortic valve replacement better than balloon aortic valvuloplasty?

J Card Surg. 2021 Jan;36(1):216-218. doi: 10.1111/jocs.15205. Epub 2020 Nov 22.

Authors

Wael I Awad¹, Mohammed Idhrees², Mohamad Bashir³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Barts Heart Centre, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London, UK.
² Institute of Cardiac and Aortic Disorders, SRM Institues for Medical Science (SIMS Hospital), Chennai, India.
³ Department of Vascular Surgery, Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital, Blackburn, UK.

PMID: 33225531
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.15205

No abstract available

Keywords: balloon aortic valvuloplasty; severe aortic stenosis; transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

MeSH terms

Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve / surgery
Aortic Valve Stenosis* / surgery
Balloon Valvuloplasty*
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Humans
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement*
Treatment Outcome