Table 2.
Criteria favoring TAV-in-TAV vs. TAVR explantation.
| TAV-in-TAV | TAV explantation | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | ✔ | ✖ |
| Comorbidities | ✔ | ✖ |
| High surgical risk | ✔ | ✖ |
| Risk of patient-prosthesis mismatch | ✖ | ✔ |
| Porcelain aorta | ✔ | ✖ |
| Ascending aortic aneuvrysm | ✖ | ✔ |
| Another concomitant procedure | ✖ | ✔ |
| Anatomical factors | ||
| Annular size (small index valve) | ✖ | ✔ |
| High coronary obstruction risk | ✖ | ✔ |
| Bioprosthetic valve dysfunction type | ||
| SVD | ✔ | ✖ |
| Severe PPM | ✖ | ✔ |
| Severe PVL | ✖ | ✔ |
| Endocarditis | ✖ | ✔ |
| Thrombosis | ✖ | ✔ |