Mediastinal Radiation Associated Aortic Stenosis – Aortic Valve Replacement SAVR and TAVR

Dr. Venu Menon, Director of the Cardiovascular Fellowship Program and Section Head, Clinical Cardiology talks with Eoin Donnellen MD, a third year cardiovascular fellow about the impact of radiation induced aortic stenosis on treatment. Dr. Donnellen first describes a paper looking at Aortic Valve Replacement in patients who had had mediastinal radiation vs. those who did not have radiation . His second study looked at outcomes of TAVR in patients with mediastinal radiation associated aortic stenosis. Drs. Menon and Donnellen discuss the findings of both studies and the clinical implications