Response to the Comment on "Long-term and Temporal Outcomes of Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic-valve Replacement in Severe Aortic Stenosis: A Meta-analysis"

Affiliations

¹ Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China.
² Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China.

Comment

Xin-Lin Zhang et al. Ann Surg. 2021.

. 2021 Dec 1;274(6):e837-e838.

doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004516.

¹ Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China.
² Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

Long-term and Temporal Outcomes of Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic-valve Replacement in Severe Aortic Stenosis: A Meta-analysis.
Zhang XL, Zhang XW, Lan RF, Chen Z, Wang L, Xu W, Xu B. Zhang XL, et al. Ann Surg. 2021 Mar 1;273(3):459-466. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003906. Ann Surg. 2021. PMID: 32502078
Comment on "Patient-tailored Therapy for Aortic Valve Stenosis: Open Questions and Future Directions".
Pollari F, Fischlein T. Pollari F, et al. Ann Surg. 2021 Dec 1;274(6):e836-e837. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004517. Ann Surg. 2021. PMID: 33201125 No abstract available.

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