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TAVR

British  

abbreviation

  1. Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He feels he might have been better off if he had initially had surgery instead of the TAVR.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Edwards’ focus is cardiac catheters and TAVR, or transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

This means that many patients who might have had to get open-heart surgery can now get by with a TAVR.

From Washington Post • Mar. 5, 2022

The procedure, known as trans-catheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR, is an increasingly widely-used alternative to surgical valve replacement that would require the chest to be opened.

From The Guardian • Apr. 5, 2019

The procedure, known as transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR, is an increasingly widely-used alternative to surgical valve replacement that requires the chest to be opened.

From Reuters • Apr. 5, 2019