… in high-risk patients presenting with aortic valve stenosis and concomitant coronary artery
disease compared with high-risk patients undergoing surgical AVR with CABG surgery. Finally…

… countries and the increasing incidence of aortic stenosis (AS) in higher age groups'-3 are …
that surgical risk increases with age,4-10 we analyzed our experience to identify risk factors …

… [5,6] However, the evidence on the use of TAVI in surgically inoperable or high risk patients
… patients with severe aortic stenosis for whom SAVR is not an option or presents a high risk …

… did not allow any specific recommendations on how to select prospectively high risk patients
who may benefit from early elective surgery. Aortic valve calcification has turned out to be a …

… Our results suggest that patients with aortic stenosis have a fivefold increased risk of … of
risk factors for coronary artery disease, such as angina, previous myocardial infarction, heart …

… Aortic stenosis (AS) is a major risk factor for perioperative cardiac events in patients undergoing
noncardiac surgery. … Severe aortic stenosis (AS) is a significant, independent risk factor …

… consideration due to lack of knowledge of the dismal spontaneous prognosis and misconceptions
about surgical risk, 35 particularly for elderly patients where age per se is not a contra-…

… patients with severe AS at increased risk remains difficult today. Since the introduction of
TAVI at our institution, all elderly patients with severe AS at increased surgical risk … surgeons. …

… outcomes of high-risk surgical patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing TAVR or SAVR
… is an alternative to surgery for the treatment of aortic stenosis in high surgical risk patients. …

… only high-risk patients, as defined by elevated risk scores … surgery or a high surgical risk
according to the Heart Team. Our population characteristics are in line with the literature with risk …