Echocardiographic Results of Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Women With Severe Aortic Stenosis: The RHEIA Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the RHEIA (Randomized Research in Women All Comers With Aortic Stenosis) trial, the incidence of the primary end point of death, stroke, or rehospitalization at 1 year was lower with transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) than with surgical aortic valve replacement. The objective of this substudy was to compare echocardiographic findings in women with severe aortic stenosis following surgical aortic valve replacement or TAVI.

Methods

At 48 European centers, 443 women underwent randomization 1:1, and 420 were treated as randomized. Echocardiograms were available in 356 patients and were analyzed by a core laboratory.

Results

Rates of or greater moderate paravalvular regurgitation was low (<1%) and similar between groups. At 30 days, TAVI was assoc

SUBMITTER: Silva I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12909021 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature