aortic stenosis clinical trials results

atorvastatin versus placebo
SALTIRE, 2005
atorvastatin 80mg daily
versus
placebo
patients with calcific aortic stenosisdouble blind
Follow-up duration: 25 mo (7-36)
ezetimibe+simvastatin versus placebo
SEAS, 2008
NCT00092677
simvastatin 40mg plus ezetimibe 10 mg daily
versus
placebo
patients with mild-tomoderate, asymptomatic aortic stenosisdouble blind
Follow-up duration: 52.2 mo
Europe
rosuvastatin versus placebo
ASTRONOMER, 2010
ISRCTN 32424163
rosuvastatin 40 mg daily
versus
placebo
asymptomatic patients with mild to moderate aortic stenosis and no clinical indications for cholesterol loweringdouble blind
Follow-up duration: 3.5 y
transcatheter aortic valve implantation versus standard therapy
PARTNER, 2010
NCT00530894
transcatheter aortic-valve implantation (TAVI)with Edwards SAPIEN Transcatheter Heart Valve
versus
standard therapy
patients with severe aortic stenosis considered not to be suitable candidates for surgeryopen
Follow-up duration: 1.6 y (at least1 year)
USA
transcatheter aortic valve implantation versus surgical valve replacement
PARTNER cohort A, 2011
NCT00530894
percutaneous valve implantation (Sapien device)
versus
surgical valve replacement
high risk, symptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis
US, Canada, Germany