Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Without On-Site Cardiac Surgery: A Disappointing Step Backward!

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¹ Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, Texas. Electronic address: michael.mack@bswhealth.org.
² Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.

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Michael J Mack et al. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2018.

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. 2018 Nov 12;11(21):2168-2171.

doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2018.09.013.

¹ Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, Texas. Electronic address: michael.mack@bswhealth.org.
² Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.

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Keywords: aortic valve replacement; cardiac surgery; transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

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