Assertion: severe aortic stenosis | /r/HasAspect | valve replacement
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text: Therefore, in the absence of any serious comorbid conditions, aortic valve replacement is indicated in virtually all symptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis, even in very elderly people.5 Balloon valvuloplasty is not recommended in adults but can be used as a bridge to surgery in haemodynamically unstable patients who are at high risk of surgery or in patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis who require urgent, major non-cardiac surgery.6 Fig 4 Kaplan-Meier survival curve for patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis who had valve replacement and similar patients who declined surgery.