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Transcatheter versus Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement in High-Risk Patients

Craig R. Smith, Martin B. Leon, Michael J. Mack, et al for the PARTNER Trial Investigators* NEJM, 2011, 364:2187-98.

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This study descirbes the outcomes for the high-risk subgroup of patients with aortic stenosis in the PARTNER trial, investigating the SAPIEN heart-valve systems (Edwards Life-sciences).

Over 27 months 699 patients with aortic stenosis were randomised to transcatheter...


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