Clinical outcomes of heart-team-guided treatment decisions in high-risk patients with aortic valve stenosis in a health-economic context with limited resources for transcatheter valve therapies.

Limited resources for transcatheter valve therapies in Belgium push a significant number of patients to SAVR, while TAVI in even higher risk patients translates into similar outcomes and shorter hospital stay. These findings underscore the need for broadening indications for TAVI, as well as readjustment of the budgetary allocations for hospitals in Belgium.