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Prem Chopra undergoes TAVI heart procedure at 90: How this minimally invasive treatment benefits elderly hearts

Prem Chopra recently underwent the TAVI - Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation – after being diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis, his son-in-law and actor Sharman Joshi informed. “On behalf of ...
TCTMD

PCI Prior to TAVI of Only Modest Benefit in Patients With CAD and Aortic Stenosis

The totality of data suggests that routine PCI prior to TAVI is not warranted in the majority of cases, a meta-analysis shows ...
Heart

Stroke after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: incidence, temporal trends and predictors

Background Stroke remains one of the most serious complications of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). This study ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients at 7 Years

Five-year data from the PARTNER 3 trial showed that among low-risk patients with severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis, outcomes were similar among patients who had undergone transcatheter aortic-valve ...