Untreated aortic stenosis carries a high mortality risk across all severity levels, highlighting the need to address low rates of aortic valve replacement in severe cases.
Patients with AS have high mortality risk across all levels of untreated AS severity. Aortic valve replacement rates remain low for patients with severe AS, suggesting that more research is needed to understand barriers to diagnosis and appropriate approach and timing for aortic valve replacement.
Généreux et al. (Tue,) studied this question.