Long-term mortality, stroke similar in TAVR vs. surgery, but need for pacemaker elevated

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement was associated with similar long-term mortality and stroke risk vs. surgery for severe aortic stenosis, but with greater risk for pacemaker implant with self-expanding TAVR valves, a speaker reported. The results of a TAVR vs. surgical AVR meta-analysis were presented at EuroPCR and simultaneously published in the Journal of the Society for

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