TAVR in Low-Risk Patients: Though still Superior, with Diminished Advantage after 2 Years.
At two-year followup, primary end point continued to be significantly lower with Sapien 3 vs. conventional surgery, but the initial difference in death and stroke in favor of TAVR started to shrink. In addition, there was higher risk of valve thrombosis in TAVR patients. The PARTNER 3 (Safety and Effectiveness of the SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter…
TAVR Offers Better Quality of Life to Low Risk Patients
Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. As we all know, TAVR is gaining ground fast in the lower risk patient population, but in addition to analyzing the most important events, researchers are increasingly looking at health status, not only at hospital level, but also after one year. This study looked into PARTNER 3 patient health status…
Very Encouraging Results for TAVR in Low-Risk Patients
Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. About 12% of patients >75 years old have aortic stenosis. In 3%-4% of them, such disease is severe. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has already proven to be beneficial for extreme-, high-, and intermediate-risk patients. Regarding low-risk patients, we currently have different analyses; two of them are randomized and their results are…
TAVR Still Gaining Ground Among Low-Risk Patients
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has become the standard of care for patients with severe aortic stenosis and high surgical risk, and it should be considered as an option for intermediate-risk patients. In recent years, the number of low-risk patients treated with TAVR has increased. This study analyzes low-risk patients from the German Aortic Valve…
ACC 2019 | TAVR in Low-Risk Patients Is Noninferior
Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Self-expanding supraannular aortic valves have proved to be superior to surgery in high-risk patients and noninferior in intermediate-risk patients. However, the current challenge is posed by low-risk, generally younger, patients. In that sense, our purpose is to determine device effectiveness and safety in terms of mortality and stroke rates (which are…