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Perception of Aortic Valve Surgery Risk May Be Exaggerated


 

EXPERT ANALYSIS FROM HEART VALVE SUMMIT 2011

"High-risk cohorts clearly need even more analysis to figure out what we can do with them," he said. "But I think we’re going to have to get better at this as we compare our therapies with less invasive therapies coming along."

Dr. Girardi reported no relevant conflicts of interest.

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