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Early SAVR Tops Watchful Waiting in Severe, Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis: AVATAR

Better to intervene early with a new valve in patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) who are asymptomatic, even during exercise, than to wait for the disease to progress and symptoms to emerge ...
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Mortality Signal Emerges 2 Years After Valve-in-Valve TAVR for Failed SAVR

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SAVR With Root Enlargement Crucial for Women With Small Annuli

NEW YORK CITY -- Women with severe native aortic stenosis (AS) gained significantly better results from surgery with aortic annular enlargement (AAE) than transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) ...
TCTMD

SURTAVI: Self-Expanding TAVI Valve Holds Up vs SAVR Through 5 Years

ORLANDO, FL—(UPDATED) Through 5 years, TAVI with a self-expanding valve provided clinical outcomes similar to those seen with surgery in an intermediate-risk population, according to continued ...
TCTMD

Pooled All-Female Analysis Support Benefits of TAVI Over SAVR

WASHINGTON, DC—In women with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis (AS), TAVI yields better outcomes at 1 year compared with surgery, with no differences by annular size or age, according to a large ...
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Managing aortic stenosis with TAVR and SAVR

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a minimally invasive procedure that was once thought to be reserved for the sickest aortic stenosis patients. However, as an alternative to open heart ...
News Medical

TAVR demonstrates lower risk and improved outcomes compared to SAVR in low-risk patients

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) was found to bring no increased risks and was associated with substantial decreased rates of death or stroke at one year in low-risk patients, compared ...
Medscape

TAVI Comparable With SAVR in Lower-Risk Aortic Stenosis

ATLANTA, GA — Younger, low-risk patients with aortic stenosis who need aortic valve replacement may now be able to consider a less invasive transcatheter approach rather than surgical aortic valve ...
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Still and Cardiothoracic Surgery faculty publish findings on outcomes for high-risk patients following TAVR explantations

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has revolutionized the treatment of aortic valve stenosis. With proven safety and efficacy, TAVR has become a standard therapeutic alternative to surgical ...
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TAVR found non-inferior to SAVR for low-risk patients

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) was found to bring no increased risks and was associated with substantial decreased rates of death or stroke at one year in low-risk patients, compared ...
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Many young patients choose TAVR despite better long-term survival with surgery

While the 30-day mortality rates were similar (0.2% for SAVR vs. 0.4% for TAVR), the 5-year survival rate was significantly better after surgery compared to TAVR (98% vs. 86%, p < 0.001). For ...