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Transcatheter versus Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement in High-Risk Patients - The New England Journal of Medicine - 2011

Brief Summary:

In patients with symptomatic severe AS who are high-risk surgical candidates (expected peri - procedural mortality ~ 15%), TAVI was associated with similar all-cause mortality to surgical AVR at 1 year.

Reference:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21639811