Ralph Hein1, MD; Mohamed Abdel-Wahab2, MD; Horst Sievert3, MD; Karl-Heinz Kuck4, MD; Matthias Voehringer5, MD; Rainer Hambrecht6, MD; Stefan Sack7, MD; Karl E. Hauptmann8, MD; Jochen Senges9, MD; Ralf Zahn10, MD, Harald Mudra1*, MD; German Transcatheter Aortic Valve Interventions Registry Investigators
1. Städtisches Klinikum München GmbH, Klinikum Neuperlach, Department of Cardiology, Munich, Germany; 2. Heart Center, Segeberger Kliniken GmbH, Bad Segeberg, Germany; 3. CardioVasculäres Centrum Frankfurt, Sankt Katharinen, Frankfurt,
Aims: To evaluate: 1) the causes of emergency conversion from transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) to surgery, 2) procedural settings,