COMPARISON OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION WITH AND WITHOUT BALLOON AORTIC PREDILATATION. IN-HOSPITAL AND LONG-TERM MORTALITY

Balloon aortic valve predilatation (BAV) is considered to be standard practice before transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). We compared the acute and long-term outcomes in patients undergoing TAVI with Medtronic CoreValve with balloon aortic predilatation (‘BAV’ group) and in patients