Transcatheter aortic valve implantation or replacement? Valve durability in the context of patient life expectancy

This editorial refers to ‘Eight-year outcomes for patients with aortic valve stenosis at low surgical risk randomized to transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement’, by T.H. Jorgensen et al., doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab375. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) via the transfemoral approach is now recommended as an alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in older adults with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis...