Patients and informal caregivers' experience of surgical and transcatheter aortic valve replacement: Real-world data contributing to establish value-based medicine in Denmark.

The perioperative experience tends to be more stressful for SAVR as compared with TAVR patients; however, HR-QoL finally improves to a similar degree in both groups. Given the increasing importance of VBM, patient-perceived values will have to be considered in future decision-making processes, both at individual and public policy-making level.