Facilitated Data Relay and Effects on Treatment of Severe Aortic Stenosis in Europe.

ABSTRACT: Background Many patients with severe aortic stenosis are referred late with advanced symptoms or inappropriately denied intervention. The objective was to investigate whether a structured communication to referring physicians (facilitated data relay) might improve the rate and timeliness of intervention. Methods and Results A prospective registry of consecutive patients with severe aortic stenosis at 23 centers in 9 European countries with transcatheter as well as surgical aortic valve replacement being available was performed. The study included a 3-month documentation of the status quo (phase A), a 6-month intervention phase (implementing facilitated data relay), and a 3-month documentation of a legacy effect (phase-B). Two thousand one hundred seventy-one patients with severe aortic ste

SUBMITTER: Steeds RP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6806053 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature