Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Emerging as Good Alternative to Surgery for Aortic Stenosis- Present Status

Abstract

The advent of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has allowed many patients with severe aortic valve stenosis who were previously deemed too high risk or inoperable to be effectively treated.

Keywords

• Transcatheter aortic valve implantation
• aortic valve replacement
• aortic stenosis