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August 1, 2012EuroIntervention

TAVI significantly improved physical functioning (37.0 to 59.0, p<0.0001), mental health (66.6 to 75.8, p=0.05), and NYHA class (2.6 ± 0.8 to 1.4 ± 0.6, p<0.0001) at 9 months.

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Why the study?

Does transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation improve quality of life and symptoms in elderly high-risk patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis?

Population

62 elderly high-risk patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis, mean age 83 ± 5 years, 39% female.

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

9 months

Authors

SSStefan StorteckyVSV. SchmidSWStephan Windecker

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Overview

May support TAVI for QoL gains in high-risk elderly AS; leaves open randomized confirmation of durability.

Structured PICO

Does transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation improve quality of life and symptoms in elderly high-risk patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis?

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Population
62 elderly high-risk patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis, mean age 83 ± 5 years, 39% female.
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Intervention
Transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)
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Outcome
Changes in quality of life (QoL) components of physical and mental health at nine months of follow-uppatient reported

TAVI provides rapid and sustained improvement in physical and mental health-related quality of life and symptoms in elderly high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis.

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Stortecky et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1f3bd7d09bc027e4833551https://doi.org/10.4244/eijv8i4a69
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