SAVR following TAVR 'may present extra risks'
Quandary over best approach for younger patients who might need more than one valve replacement
Patients undergoing surgical aortic-valve replacement (SAVR) following problems with an initial transcatheter valve replacement (TAVR) appear to have particularly poor outcomes, according to a retrospective analysis.
Out of about 40,000 TAVR procedures in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database, the researchers identified 123 patients with a history of prior TAVR who underwent SAVR from 2011-2015.
"This dataset is a unique mix of patients who were