Annual number of candidates for transcatheter aortic valve implantation per country: current estimates and future projections

The number of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) procedures is rapidly increasing. This has a major impact on health care resource planning. However, the annual numbers of TAVI candidates per country are unknown. The aim of this study was to estimate current and future number of annual TAVI candidates in 27 European countries, the USA and Canada.Systematic literature searches and meta-analyses were performed on aortic stenosis (AS)...