Aortic Valve Transcatheter Intervention

Calcific aortic stenosis (AS) is the most common heart valve anomaly, with a largely age-dependent prevalence, a calculated annual incidence rate in the range of 4-5% in general populations and up to 6% in patients aged 75 years and over.

Surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) was previously the only option available to patients with symptomatic, severe aor...