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Who can we save after an intraprocedural catastrophe during TAVR ?
Author(s) -
Satler Lowell,
Thourani Vinod H.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.27693
Subject(s) - medicine , complication , valve replacement , incidence (geometry) , cardiology , surgery , radiology , stenosis , physics , optics
KEY POINTS Intraprocedural catastrophes during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) are associated with a high mortality. Even “operable patients” can suddenly be deemed inoperable during an intraprocedural TAVR complication. The low incidence of a major complication prevents “crowd learning”; consequently, a high‐volume TAVR center will have the greatest capability for a robust salvage response.