Why the study?
Does medical therapy provide a viable treatment option for patients with calcific aortic stenosis?
Does medical therapy provide a viable treatment option for patients with calcific aortic stenosis?
This review highlights emerging evidence that medical therapy may become a viable treatment option for calcific aortic stenosis, a condition currently lacking approved medical therapies.
Medical therapy should not yet change practice for calcific aortic stenosis; leaves open a potential disease-modifying option pending randomized trials.
Calcific aortic stenosis is the most common indication for surgical valve replacement. Currently there are no medical therapies approved for the treatment of this disease. This review will summarize the clinical and experimental studies published over the past 5 years that indicate that medical therapy may be an option for this patient population.
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