Letter by Levy and Tribouilloy Regarding Article, “Atrial Fibrillation Is Associated With Increased Mortality in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Insights From the Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valve (PARTNER) Trial” | Zendy

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Letter by Levy and Tribouilloy Regarding Article, “Atrial Fibrillation Is Associated With Increased Mortality in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Insights From the Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valve (PARTNER) Trial”

Author(s) -

Franck Lévy,

Christophe Tribouilloy

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

circulation cardiovascular interventions

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.621

H-Index - 95

eISSN - 1941-7632

pISSN - 1941-7640

DOI - 10.1161/circinterventions.116.003705

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , atrial fibrillation , aortic valve replacement , stenosis , valve replacement , cardiac surgery , cardiothoracic surgery , surgery

We read with great interest the article by Biviano et al,1 which addressed the impact of atrial fibrillation (AF) on clinical outcome in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement. The authors brilliantly showed that for transcatheter aortic valve replacement patients, AF is associated with increased mortality at 30 days and 1 year, and repeat hospitalizations at 1 year. This article contributes to the awareness of …

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