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As growth of the elderly population continues to increase alongside improvements in percutaneous and minimally invasive interventions, cardiac surgeons question the role of high‐risk surgery in treating these patients. TAVR… Click to show full abstract
As growth of the elderly population continues to increase alongside improvements in percutaneous and minimally invasive interventions, cardiac surgeons question the role of high‐risk surgery in treating these patients. TAVR has transformed the management of symptomatic severe aortic stenosis in elderly patients and has become standard therapy for patients greater than 80 years of age. With improvements in procedural risks and technical complications for both transcatheter valves and percutaneous interventions, should we rethink the operative strategies for octogenarians and nonagenarians, particularly as they apply to concurrent high‐risk operations?
Journal Title: Journal of Cardiac Surgery
Year Published: 2022
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