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SUBMITTER: Steeds RP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6806053 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Steeds Richard P RP Lutz Matthias M Thambyrajah Jeetendra J Serra Antonio A Schulz Eberhard E Maly Jiri J Aiello Marco M Rudolph Tanja K TK Lloyd Guy G Bortone Alessandro Santo AS Hauptmann Karl Eugen KE Clerici Alberto A Delle-Karth Georg G Rieber Johannes J Indolfi Ciro C Mancone Massimo M Belle Loic L Lauten Alexander A Arnold Martin M Bouma Berto J BJ Deutsch Cornelia C Kurucova Jana J Thoenes Martin M Bramlage Peter P Frey Norbert N Messika-Zeitoun David D
Journal of the American Heart Association 20190924 19
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 replaceme ...[more]