Why the study?
Does transcatheter aortic valve replacement improve outcomes compared to surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis?
Population
Patients with severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis across different risk categories
Comparison
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) vs Surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR)
Design
Review
Authors
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May broaden TAVR use in symptomatic aortic stenosis; leaves open confirmation from low-risk RCTs.
Does transcatheter aortic valve replacement improve outcomes compared to surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis?
TAVR is anticipated to become the treatment of choice for a broader spectrum of patients with symptomatic aortic stenosis, including those at lower surgical risk.
Tsigkas et al. (2018) studied this question.
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