Patients at low surgical risk as defined by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Score undergoing isolated interventional or surgical aortic valve implantation: in-hospital data and 1-year results from the German Aortic Valve Registry (GARY)

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has become the standard treatment for patients with severe aortic valve stenosis at high surgical risk and may be considered for patients with intermediate risk. During the last few years, an increasing number of patients with low surgical risk have bee...

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Published in:European heart journal 2019-05, Vol.40 (17), p.1323-1330
Main Authors: Bekeredjian, Raffi, Szabo, Gabor, Balaban, Ümniye, Bleiziffer, Sabine, Bauer, Timm, Ensminger, Stephan, Frerker, Christian, Herrmann, Eva, Beyersdorf, Friedhelm, Hamm, Christian, Beckmann, Andreas, Möllmann, Helge, Karck, Matthias, Katus, Hugo A, Walther, Thomas
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Language:English
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Summary:Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has become the standard treatment for patients with severe aortic valve stenosis at high surgical risk and may be considered for patients with intermediate risk. During the last few years, an increasing number of patients with low surgical risk have been treated with TAVI. In this study, low-risk patients undergoing isolated TAVI or surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) were analysed using data from the German Aortic Valve Registry (GARY). All patients with a Society of Thoracic Surgeons Score of
ISSN:0195-668X
1522-9645
DOI:10.1093/eurheartj/ehy699