The success of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is centred around the collaboration between cardiac surgeons and interventional cardiologists. A report from the German Quality Assurance Registry on TAVI now suggests that clinical outcomes in hospitals without cardiac surgery departments are similar to those in centres with onsite cardiac surgery support.
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Vahl, T., Kodali, S. Role of cardiac surgery support during contemporary TAVI. Nat Rev Cardiol 13, 448–450 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrcardio.2016.109
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