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

• Main Authors: Veselin Valkov (Author), Dobrin Kalchev (Author), Atanas Kostadino (Author), Yavor Kashlov (Author), Branimir Kanazirev (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Peytchinski Publishing, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...