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TAVR is a minimally invasive procedure that can treat aortic stenosis, a condition that narrows the aortic valve and strains the heart. Learn about the benefits, risks, and eligibility of TAVR from Yale experts who have performed over 2,500 cases.
Instead, SAVR is recommended for patients <65 years and patients with >20 years of life expectancy, whereas TAVI is recommended for patients aged >80 years and patients with <10 years of life expectancy.
TAVR is a minimally invasive procedure that replaces the aortic valve in people with aortic stenosis. Learn when it’s done, what to expect, and how it compares to open heart surgery.
You may spend the night in a hospital's intensive care unit (ICU) so you can be carefully watched after your procedure. How long you stay in the hospital after TAVR depends on many things. Some people who have TAVR might go home the next day.
The transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedure has a 90% success rate. Early on, clinical studies and trials found that TAVR was more likely to be successful and less likely to cause death or major complications among people with higher risks for complications from surgery.
The durability of TAVR valves must be 70% shorter than that of surgical biological prostheses to have an impact on overall life expectancy in low-risk older patients with characteristics similar to those of patients in clinical trial undergoing TAVR.
Based on simulation models, the durability of TAVR valves must be 70% shorter than that of surgical valves to result in reduced life expectancy in patients with demographics similar to recent trials. However, in younger patients, the threshold for TAVR device durability was substantially higher.
This study evaluated the all-cause mortality rate beyond 5 years after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in 705 patients. The survival rate was 50% at 5 years, with no difference according to valve type, but higher in men and older patients.
There are scant data on long-term clinical outcomes and bioprosthetic-valve function after transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR) as compared with surgical aortic-valve replacement in...
Aortic valve repair and aortic valve replacement help improve blood flow and reduce symptoms of heart valve disease. The treatments also may prolong life. Aortic valve repair or replacement may be done as an open-heart surgery or as a minimally invasive procedure.