Patients Refusing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Even Once Have Poorer Clinical Outcomes

Patients Refusing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Even Once Have Poorer Clinical Outcomes

Background Although transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is the least invasive treatment for patients with symptomatic aortic stenosis, some patients hesitate to undergo the procedure. We investigated the clinical impact of treatment delay after patient refusal of TAVR. Methods and Results...

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Main Authors: Tetsuro Shimura, Masanori Yamamoto, Seiji Kano, Soh Hosoba, Mitsuru Sago, Ai Kagase, Yutaka Koyama, Satoshi Tsujimoto, Toshiaki Otsuka, Norio Tada, Toru Naganuma, Motoharu Araki, Futoshi Yamanaka, Shinichi Shirai, Kazuki Mizutani, Minoru Tabata, Hiroshi Ueno, Kensuke Takagi, Akihiro Higashimori, Yusuke Watanabe, Kentaro Hayashida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-09-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
Optimized Catheter Valvular Intervention
refusal
transcatheter aortic valve implantation
transcatheter aortic valve replacement
treatment delay
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.118.009195

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