Transcatheter atrioventricular valve-in-valve re-replacement with balloon-expandable prostheses: contemporary clinical relevance and place among redo valve interventions
Introduction: The steadily increasing number of patients with structural degeneration of bioprosthetic heart valves necessitates the search for alternatives to redo open surgery, which is associated with high operative risk due to resternotomy, adhesions, repeat cardiopulmonary bypass, and an unfavorable comorbidity pr...