Bernhard Wernly, Ann-Katrin Zappe, Axel Unbehaun, Jan-Malte Sinning, Christian Jung, Won-Keun Kim, Stephan Fichtlscherer, Michael Lichtenauer, Uta C Hoppe, Brunilda Alushi, Frederik Beckhoff, Charlotte Wewetzer, Marcus Franz, Daniel Kretzschmar, Eliano Navarese, Ulf Landmesser, Volkmar Falk, Alexander Lauten
OBJECTIVE: We sought to investigate the procedural and hemodynamic outcome after valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement (VinV-TAVR) for different surgical (SBV) and transcatheter (TAVR) bioprosthetic valves. METHODS AND RESULTS: 223 patients (76 ± 11years, STS-Score 8.3 ± 10.1) suffering from SBV failure treated with VinV-TAVR were enrolled at 6 centers across Germany. At time of the intervention, the majority of patients were in NYHA-class ≥ III (88%, n = 180)...
January 2019: Clinical Research in Cardiology: Official Journal of the German Cardiac Society