Early results from an Egyptian transcatheter aortic valve registry (Egy-TVR).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a well-established and standard therapy for patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis at moderate or high risk for surgical aortic valve replacement. Recently, it has proven non-inferior in patients with low surgical risk. However, due to its high cost, the availability of TAVI is variable worldwide. Our aim was to assess the demographic and clinical characteristics and short-term and long-term outcome of those patients. A medical registry is believed to be an excellent tool to perform a field analysis of patients' course, documenting short, intermediate, and long-term outcomes. This is the first registry for patients who underwent TAVI in Egypt.

Results

Ninety-six patients were included in the study; some w

SUBMITTER: Bahaa H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8292463 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature