SAVR vs TAVR - Lifetime management and considerations

08/08/23 • 15 min

Cardiac surgeons Dr. Michael Reardon from Houston Methodist and Dr. Bradley Leshnower from Emory University with interventional cardiologist Dr. Sachin Goel from Houston Methodist discuss SAVR versus TAVR. Topics include: which patients benefit from SAVR procedures, considerations for optimizing SAVR via root enlargement, and lifetime patient management as it relates to SAVR versus TAVR procedures.

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