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Subsequent cardiac surgery after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: Indications and outcomes.

Albi FaguMatthias SiepeMurat UzdenovDominik DeesStoyan KondovFriedhelm BeyersdorfBartosz RylskiMartin CzernyFranz-Josef NeumannMaximilian KreibichTim Berger
Published in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2022)
Subsequent open-cardiac surgery after TAVI is rare, but may urgently become necessary due to TAVI related complications or progressing other cardiac pathologies. Despite a substantial early attrition rate clinical outcome is acceptable and a relevant number of these high-risk patients can be discharged even after emergency conversions. The option of subsequent surgical conversion remains.
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