A cautionary tale for transcatheter aortic valve implantation

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  Aortic Regurgitation (AR) is rare complication following surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR). Contrary to AVR,  AR is common following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). In the picture, the blue arrow represents normal flow, yellow regurgitation  (leakage). TAVI was developed as an alternative therapy for patients who no longer are candidates for traditional aortic valve replacement or repair, procedures that …