Is TAVR warranted in low risk patients?
There are pros and cons compared with surgery

Clare Pain
6th February 2019
Analysis of the longest follow-up data yet suggests major outcomes are similar after trans-catheter (TAVR) or surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in low-risk patients.
But secondary outcomes differ, with atrial fibrillation more common in surgical patients, while rates of post-procedural pacemaker implantation and paravalvular leaks are higher with TAVR.
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