Percutaneous Heart Valve Therapy – Options, Risks and Benefits

Transcatheter valve therapy is emerging as an effective option for aortic valve stenosis and mitral regurgitation. In 1992, Anderson demonstrated the feasibility of percutaneous implantation of catheter-based valve prosthesis. Since then, many technical and device advances have been made, and transcatheter aortic valve implantation and mitral valve repair have became a concrete alternative to surgical replacement.