Cardio Catch-Up: Registry Data Spurs Discussion On TAVR For Asymptomatic Patients

 
• By Reed Miller

Results from the TVT Registry suggest that TAVR may benefit patients who have severe aortic disease but few symptoms. Clinical trials specifically designed to answer that question are needed, according to an editorial in JACC

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A new registry analysis suggests transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) may benefit patients with severe aortic stenosis but only minimal symptoms.

The US Food and Drug Administration has only approved TAVR devices to treat severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis, but about 20% of the TAVR patients in TVT Registry had severe...

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