Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement in Clinical Practice
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Fraser, John F
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Reinöhl et al. (Dec. 17 issue)1 report on the numbers of surgical aortic-valve replacement and transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR) procedures performed in Germany between 2007 and 2013. We are concerned about the validity of using the German Diagnosis Related Groups (G-DRG)–based data source. More reliable databases are available. In particular, the mandatory external quality-assurance database (the AQUA Quality Report) is considered to be nearly complete and therefore most representative of the German experience with TAVR and surgical aortic-valve replacement.
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New England Journal of Medicine
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374
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17
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Fanning, JP; Fraser, JF, Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement in Clinical Practice, New England Journal of Medicine, 2016, 374 (17), pp. 1691-1691