March 22, 2010Circulation
Early Surgery Versus Conventional Treatment in Asymptomatic Very Severe Aortic Stenosis
Why the study?
Does early surgery improve long-term survival in asymptomatic patients with very severe aortic stenosis and low operative risk?
Population
Asymptomatic patients with very severe aortic stenosis and low operative risk
Comparison
Early surgery vs Conventional treatment strategy
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May support early surgery consideration in low-risk asymptomatic very severe AS; leaves open need for RCT confirmation.
Structured PICO
Does early surgery improve long-term survival in asymptomatic patients with very severe aortic stenosis and low operative risk?
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Population
Asymptomatic patients with very severe aortic stenosis and low operative risk
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Intervention
Early surgery
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Comparator
Conventional treatment strategy
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Outcome
Long-term survival and cardiac mortalityhard clinical
Early surgery is a viable therapeutic option that improves long-term survival by reducing cardiac mortality in asymptomatic patients with very severe aortic stenosis and low operative risk.
Cite This Study
Kang et al. (2010) studied this question.