TAVR in patients with severe aortic stenosis and less than high risk: Future or present reality?

Tannas Jatene; Deepak L Bhatt

doi:10.1002/ccd.26228

TAVR in patients with severe aortic stenosis and less than high risk: Future or present reality?

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Oct;86(4):745-6. doi: 10.1002/ccd.26228.

Authors

Tannas Jatene¹, Deepak L Bhatt¹

Affiliation

¹ Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart & Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 26386238
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.26228

Abstract

TAVR use is growing in patients with less than high surgical risk. Several registries, including this one, show excellent safety with TAVR in intermediate-risk patients compared with similar patients undergoing SAVR. Long-term data from ongoing randomized trials will answer definitively if we should routinely perform TAVR in intermediate-risk patients.

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Comment

MeSH terms

Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery*
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Humans
Male
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / methods*