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TAVR Success in sSAS Patients
A study of severe symptomatic aortic stenosis (sSAS) patients who received transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) found 30-day mortality of 2.2% for those who were high risk of surgical mortality/inoperable, and 1.1% for those at intermediate surgical mortality risk.
Kodali S, Thourani V, White J, Malaisrie S, et al. Early Clinical and Echocardiographic Outcomes After SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Inoperable, High-Risk and Intermediate-Risk Patients with Aortic Stenosis. Eur Heart J. 2016; 37: 2252-62. https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/37/28/2252/2237654/Early-clinical-and-echocardiographic-outcomes