Tanja Rudolph, Clare Appleby, Victoria Delgado, Helene Eltchaninoff, Catherine Gebhard, Christian Hengstenberg, Wojtek Wojakowski, Nathan Petersen, Jana Kurucova, Peter Bramlage, Sabine Bleiziffer
INTRODUCTION: The management of patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) may differ according to patient age. The aim of this analysis was to describe patterns of aortic valve replacement (AVR) use in European countries stratified by age. METHODS: Procedure volume data for AVR, including surgical aortic valve replacement (sAVR) and transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), for the years 2015-2020 were obtained from national databases for twelve European countries (Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland)...
August 16, 2023: Cardiology