TAVI

Percutaneous Interventions Expand: Key Insights from 2025 ESC/EACTS Guidelines

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In an early-20th-century hospital room, two masked surgeons confer with a formally dressed man beside a reclining patient, surrounded by anatomical sketches, scientific diagrams, glass infusion bottles, and antique medical instruments.

Introduction The 2025 ESC/EACTS Guidelines on Valvular Heart Disease represent a pivotal shift in the balance between surgical and percutaneous interventions. While surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) remains the gold standard for younger, low-risk patients, the new guidelines expand the role of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER, MitraClip). This evolution … Read more