This brief article compares costs and morbidities for TAVR and SAVR in the current era. TAVR costs are higher than for SAVR and have increased despite no apparent change in comorbidity index. In contrast, SAVR costs remained stable during the same period.
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Evolution of Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in the Era of Transcatheter Valve Technology
Submitted by: Mark Ferguson
Source: JAMA Surgery
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Author(s): Aditya Mantha, Yen-Yi Juo, Ravi Morchi, Ramin Ebrahimi, Boback Ziaeian, Richard J. Shemin, Peyman Benharash
