Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Versus Surgery in Women at High Risk for Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement (from the CoreValve US High Risk Pivotal Trial)
Skelding KA, Yakubov SJ, Kleiman NS, Reardon MJ, Adams DH, Huang J, Forrest JK, Popma JJ. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Versus Surgery in Women at High Risk for Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement (from the CoreValve US High Risk Pivotal Trial). The American Journal Of Cardiology 2016, 118: 560-566. PMID: 27381665, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.05.051.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical aortic valve replacementTranscatheter aortic valve replacementAortic valve replacementSevere aortic stenosisValve replacementCause mortalityAortic stenosisHigh riskKansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire summary scoreTAVR-treated patientsSelf-expanding valvesMajor stroke rateSelf-expanding prosthesisQuality of lifeSAVR groupSAVR patientsVersus SurgeryTAVR patientsBaseline characteristicsMajor strokeDiabetes mellitusStroke rateSurvival advantageSummary scoresPatients