Everyday Practice With Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

Experience With Percutaneous Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Patients With Symptomatic Aortic Valve Disease in Two German Centers

The purpose of this registry is to document the everyday practice in our centers with minimal invasive treatment of patients with aortic valve disease who were considered suitable for transfemoral aortic valve implantation by heart team.

The TAVI program in our center started on November 2007. As part of the national policy for quality assurance in medicine a detailed clinical characterization of the TAVI-population was required. Furthermore, a detailed description of the procedure and peri-procedural complications until discharge was required. In our center we designed and are routinely using a TAVI database which fulfills the authority requirements as well as has additional data needed for planning and documentation of TAVI procedure. Since there is already a considerable number of TAVI patients in this database we aim to perform statistical analyses answering different question in this filed.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aortic stenosis
• Intermediate-to-high risk for surgery
• Heart team decision

Exclusion Criteria:

• Contraindication to transfemoral TAVI procedure