Health system analysis reveals shift toward less invasive heart valve replacement among younger patients

New research simultaneously published in the Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions and presented at TCT 2026 found that the annual number of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures among patients younger than 70 increased nearly ninefold within one health system, rising from 15 in 2014 to 134 in 2024. Surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) remained the predominant approach across the age groups studied.

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