Howard C Herrmann, Roxana Mehran, Daniel J Blackman, Stephen Bailey, Helge Möllmann, Mohamed Abdel-Wahab, Walid Ben Ali, Paul D Mahoney, Hendrik Ruge, David A Wood, Sabine Bleiziffer, Basel Ramlawi, Hemal Gada, Anna Sonia Petronio, Charles D Resor, William Merhi, Bruno Garcia Del Blanco, Guilherme F Attizzani, Wayne B Batchelor, Linda D Gillam, Mayra Guerrero, Toby Rogers, Joshua D Rovin, Molly Szerlip, Brian Whisenant, G Michael Deeb, Kendra J Grubb, Ratnasari Padang, Myra T Fan, Andrew D Althouse, Didier Tchétché
BACKGROUND: Patients with severe aortic stenosis and a small aortic annulus are at risk for impaired valvular hemodynamic performance and associated adverse cardiovascular clinical outcomes after transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR). METHODS: We randomly assigned patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis and an aortic-valve annulus area of 430 mm2 or less in a 1:1 ratio to undergo TAVR with either a self-expanding supraannular valve or a balloon-expandable valve...
April 7, 2024: New England Journal of Medicine