Comparing outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve replacement in patients with stenotic bicuspid and tricuspid aortic valve: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has become an alternative treatment to surgery in patients with severe aortic stenosis. However, patients with bicuspid aortic stenosis (BAV) are usually excluded from major TAVR studies. The aim of this study is to reexamine current evidence of TAVR in patients with severe aortic stenosis and BAV compared with tricuspid aortic valve (TAV).

Hypothesis

There might be differences in outcomes post TAVR between patients with BAV comparing to TAV.

Method

Databases were systematically searched for relevant articles featuring cohort studies that included patients with BAV and TAV who underwent TAVR studies, of which reported outcomes of interest included mortality and complications in both groups. Pooled effect size wa

SUBMITTER: Kanjanahattakij N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6489988 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature