Does transcatheter aortic-valve replacement improve survival at 1 year in high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis compared to surgical aortic-valve replacement?
Transcatheter and surgical aortic-valve replacement provide similar 1-year survival in high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis.
In high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis, transcatheter and surgical procedures for aortic-valve replacement were associated with similar rates of survival at 1 year, although there were important differences in periprocedural risks. (Funded by Edwards Lifesciences; Clinical Trials.gov number, NCT00530894.).
Smith et al. (Sun,) studied this question.