title: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation: long-term clinical outcome and valve durability.
abstract: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a widely used intervention in patients who are at high risk or contraindicated for cardiac surgery. The procedure is technically feasible in most patients and has very good mid-term clinical outcomes. In this special report, we evaluated the long-term outcome after TAVI and durability of percutaneously implanted aortic valve prostheses by reviewing all available long-term follow-up data. We herein present the clinical and hemodynamic data derived from patients 2-5 years after TAVI and describe all published cases of prosthesis degeneration.
authors.affiliation: a Cardiocenter, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Jakub
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sulzenko
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tousek
authors.forename: Viktor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kocka
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Widimsky
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors; D065467:Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / Q000401:mortality; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: TAVI; degeneration; long-term outcome; mortality; valve hemodynamics