COMPARISON OF 5-YEAR CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN ASYMPTOMATIC VERSUS SYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS WITH SEVERE AORTIC STENOSIS UNDERGOING AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT

Current guidelines generally recommend the strategy of watchful waiting for aortic valve replacement (AVR) until symptoms emerge in asymptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS). However, there is no previous large-scale study evaluating the impact of symptomatic status on the long-term