Figure 9: Mortality Rates at 1 Year.
Abbreviations: BV, balloon valvuloplasty; ST, standard treatment; TAVI, transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
Deaths from unknown causes were assumed to be deaths from cardiovascular causes.
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