Surgeon Involvement in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in the United States: A 2016 Society of Thoracic Surgeons Survey Joseph E. Bavaria, MD, Richard L. Prager, MD, Keith S. Naunheim, MD, Mark S. Allen, MD, Robert S.D. Higgins, MD, MSHA, Vinod H. Thourani, MD, Thomas E. MacGillivray, MD, Natalie Boden, MBA, Joseph F. Sabik, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 104, Issue 3, Pages 1088-1093 (September 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.03.055 Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Nearly three-quarters of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) programs are either administered jointly by both cardiology and cardiac surgery divisions/departments or administered exclusively by cardiac surgery department. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 104, 1088-1093DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.03.055) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Cardiac surgeons who perform transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) regularly participated in all aspects of intraoperative procedure, except operating imaging equipment. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 104, 1088-1093DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.03.055) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions