Impact of Balloon Postdilation on Six-Year Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

Balloon postdilation (BPD) is one strategy for decreasing paravalvular leakage, but its effect on long-term mortality remains unclear. The authors sought to clarify whether BPD influences long-term mortality of patients with transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).Single-center retrospective study.National heart center; single institution.Participants were patients who underwent TAVR in the authors' hospital from January 2014 to December...