Declining Trend of Transapical Access for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Aortic Stenosis.
Sumit SohalHarsh MehtaKrishna KurpadSheetal Vasundara MathaiRajiv TayalGautam K VisveswaranNajam WastySergio WaxmanMarc CohenPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiology (2022)
This study highlights a steady decline in TA access for TAVR, higher inpatient mortality, increased length of stay, and higher costs compared to non-TA-TAVR.