Game Changer: TAVR May Be Safer Than Surgery

Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa
3 min readMar 18, 2019

PARTNERS -3 and Evolute trials may change they way we treat aortic stenosis

Photo by JAFAR AHMED on Unsplash

It is a potential game-changer.

Two studies were released during the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology today. They are the PARTNER-3 and Evolut trials, comparing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR).

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Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa

NY Times featured Pulmonary and Critical Care Specialist | Physician Leader | Author and Blogger | His latest book is “Code Blue,” a medical thriller.