Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) : update on the indications
Fournier, Séphane.; Monney, P.; Ferrari, E.; Iglesias, J.F.; Roguelov, C.; Zuffi, A.; Eeckhout, E.; Muller, O.
Revue Medicale Suisse 11(476): 1197-1202
2015
ISSN/ISBN: 1660-9379 PMID: 26182639 Document Number: 679969
Although surgical aortic valve replacement has been the standard of care for patient with severe aortic stenosis, transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is now a fair standard of care for patients not eligible or high risk for surgical treatment. The decision of therapeutic choice between TAVI and surgery considers surgical risk (estimated by the Euro-SCORE and STS-PROM) as well as many parameters that go beyond the assessment of the valvular disease's severity by echocardiography: a multidisciplinary assessment in "Heart Team" is needed to assess each case in all its complexity.