Elderly aortic stenosis patients' perspectives on treatment goals in transcatheter aortic valvular replacement.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Transcatheter aortic valvular replacement (TAVR) is increasingly being performed for elderly patients with aortic stenosis (AS), and current guidelines acknowledge the importance of shared decision-making in their management. This study aimed to evaluate elderly symptomatic severe AS patients' perspectives on their treatment goals and identify factors that influence their treatment choice.

Methods and results

We performed a pre-procedural cross-sectional survey using a questionnaire at a single university hospital. The questionnaire included three primary domains: (i) symptom burden, (ii) goals and important factors related to treatment, and (iii) preferred place of residence after treatment. We investigated 98 symptomatic severe AS patients who underwent TAVR (median a

SUBMITTER: Sugiura K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9288810 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature