Carbon emission analysis of aortic valve replacement: the environmental footprint of transcatheter vs. surgical procedures
The carbon footprint of SAVR is about twice as high as those from OR-TAVR or CATH-TAVR. These findings should potentially be considered when making population level decisions and guidelines moving into the future.
Authors
- Nicholas Bowers
- Tamim Nazif (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1239-2489)
- Susheel Kodali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0517-2074)
- Isaac George (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7770-4450)
- Vratika Agarwal
- Luigi Pirelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7656-9293)
- Elizabeth I. James
- Rebecca Tung Hahn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1342-9191)
- Christoph J. Meinrenken (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6693-8577)
- David Blitzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3785-5470)
- Nora Apelgren
- Torsten Vahl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5309-6734)
- Mark Lebehn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4974-5439)
- Michael T. Simpson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8735-3620)
- Martin B. Leon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2002-7492)
- Vivian G. Ng
- Ximena Sosa Chavez
- Olympe Durrenberger
- Ajay S Jagdish
Institutions
- Valve (United States) (US)
- NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital (US)
- New York Hospital Queens (US)
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Heart Journal
- Published
- 2025-05-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf379
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.80