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From what I have read they will use the Edwards Intuity pericardial aortic valve which is a transcatheter heart valve and study you for 5 years to see if your still kickin'. The mortality rate with transcatheter valves is higher than conventional OHS so at the present time it is only being used on high risk patients. It's your call, no one else can make your decision. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/transcatheter-aortic-valve-replacement-indications-and-periprocedural-management

Laura from what I have read it is a risky operation at the present time. Like you said another cause for high mortality rates is because it is primarily being used on elderly patients that are diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis and who are high-risk or too sick for open heart surgery. In other words they already have one foot in the grave before the TAVR. :-)