Inoperable severe aortic valve stenosis in geriatric patients: treatment options and mortality rates.

Paul, Julie;Kefer, Joëlle;Beeckmans, Marianne;Speybroeck, Niko;Boland, Benoît
(2018) Journal of Geriatric Cardiology — Vol. 15, n° 11, p. 703-707 (2018)

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(en) Among geriatric patients suffering from severe but inoperable aortic valve stenosis because of high surgical risk and severe co-morbidities,[1] some benefit from trans-aortic valve implantation (TAVI) while others are deemed too frail for TAVI and received medical treatment (MT). This study conducted in frail geriatric patients aimed at describing the patient's characteristics and the mortality rate associated with the treatment option (MT vs. TAVI) as well as the patient's characteristics associated with one-year mortality. [...]
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Paul, J., Kefer, J., Beeckmans, M., Speybroeck, N., & Boland, B. (2018). Inoperable severe aortic valve stenosis in geriatric patients: treatment options and mortality rates. Journal of Geriatric Cardiology, 15(11), 703-707. https://doi.org/10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2018.11.001 (Original work published 2018)