Characterization and outcome of patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis referred for percutaneous aortic valve replacement

• Published in: The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Vol. 137; no. 6; pp. 1430 - 1435
• Main Authors: Kapadia, Samir R., MD, FACC, Goel, Sachin S., MD, Svensson, Lars, MD, PhD, Roselli, Eric, MD, Savage, Robert M., MD, Wallace, Lee, MD, Sola, Srikanth, MD, FACC, Schoenhagen, Paul, MD, FACC, Shishehbor, Mehdi H., DO, MPH, Christofferson, Ryan, MD, Halley, Carmel, MD, Rodriguez, L. Leonardo, MD, FACC, Stewart, William, MD, FACC, Kalahasti, Vidyasagar, MD, FACC, Tuzcu, E. Murat, MD, FACC
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.06.2009; AATS/WTSA; Elsevier
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Aortic Valve - surgery; Aortic Valve Stenosis - mortality; Aortic Valve Stenosis - physiopathology; Aortic Valve Stenosis - surgery; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiac Catheterization; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiothoracic Surgery; Catheterization; Endocardial and cardiac valvular diseases; Female; Heart; Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation - methods; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Length of Stay; Male; Medical sciences; Pneumology; Postoperative Complications; Survival Rate; Treatment Outcome; REVIVAL; 35; MR; mitral regurgitation; PAVR; balloon aortic valvuloplasty; SAVR; AS; aortic stenosis; STS; BAV; Society of Thoracic Surgeons; Transcatheter Endovascular Implantation of Valves; percutaneous aortic valve replacement; surgical aortic valve replacement; Human; Aortic stenosis; Prognosis; Cardiovascular disease; Patient; Heart valve; Percutaneous route; Characterization; Treatment; Cardiac valvular disease; Surgery; Anesthesia; Evolution; Circulatory system; Cardiology; Severe; Aortic valve

Objective Many high-risk patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis are not referred for surgical aortic valve replacement. Although this patient population remains ill-defined, many of these patients are now being referred for percutaneous aortic valve replacement. We sought to define the cha...