Clinical Profile, Treatment Assignment and Clinical Outcome of Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis Not Eligible to Participate in a Clinical Trial of Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement
February 7th, 2010 Posted by: admin
Publication year: 2010
Source: The American Journal of Cardiology, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 5 February 2010
Itsik, Ben-Dor , Augusto D., Pichard , Lowell F., Satler , Petros, Okubagzi , Rebecca, Torguson , …
Patients with severe aortic stenosis and considered at high surgical risk or inoperable, and not eligible for a randomized clinical trial evaluating percutaneous aortic valve replacement (PAVR), were studied. Many of the patients referred to the study did not meet the inclusion criteria and/or had conditions listed in the exclusion criteria. These patients were then deferred to other treatment modalities. The study cohort consisted of 285 patients with severe aortic stenosis referred to participate in a clinical trial of PAVR. Patients were screened for eligibility on the basis of the protocol inclusion and exclusion criteria and deferred to other treatment…
