A study in the January 2014 issue of iThe Annals of Thoracic Surgery/i suggests that transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) appears to be an effective alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) for the treatment of aortic stenosis in very elderly patients. With an aging population, the number of patients who require cardiac surgery has increased among both octogenarians (age 80-89 years) and nonagenarians (age a90 years); however, nearly ...
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