Less invasive heart valve procedure tested as alternative to major surgery

NCT ID NCT02701283

Summary

This study tested a less invasive procedure called TAVR against traditional open-heart surgery for replacing a severely narrowed aortic valve. It involved over 2,200 patients who were considered at low risk for complications from surgery. The main goal was to see if the TAVR procedure was as safe and effective as surgery over two years, specifically looking at rates of death or serious stroke.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Abbott Northwestern Hospital

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55407, United States

  • Abrazo Arizona Heart Hospital

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85016, United States

  • Aurora Saint Luke's Medical Center

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53215, United States

  • Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital

    Dallas, Texas, 75204, United States

  • Baylor Saint Luke's Medical Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Baystate Medical Center

    Springfield, Massachusetts, 01199, United States

  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

  • Catharina Ziekenhuis

    Eindhoven, 5623, Netherlands

  • Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille

    Lille, 59000, France

  • Clinique Pasteur

    Toulouse, 31300, France

  • Delray Medical Center

    Delray Beach, Florida, 33484, United States

  • Duke University Medical Center

    Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States

  • El Camino Hospital

    Mountain View, California, 64040, United States

  • Erasmus Medisch Centrum

    Rotterdam, 3015, Netherlands

  • Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH)

    Murdoch, Western Australia, 6150, Australia

  • Geinsinger Medical Center

    Danville, Pennsylvania, 17043, United States

  • Glen Royal Victoria (McGill)

    Montreal, Quebec, H4A 3J1, Canada

  • Good Samaritan Hospital

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45220, United States

  • HealthPark Medical Center

    Fort Myers, Florida, 33908, United States

  • Houston Methodist Hospital

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • IUCPQ

    Québec, Quebec, G1V 4G5, Canada

  • Integris Baptist Medical Center

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73112, United States

  • Jewish Hospital

    Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States

  • Kokura Memorial Hospital

    Kitakyushu, Fokuoka, Japan

  • L'Hôpital Privé Jacques Cartier Massy

    Massy, 91300, France

  • Lehigh Valley Hospital

    Allentown, Pennsylvania, 18103, United States

  • London Health Sciences Centre

    London, Ontario, N6A 5A5, Canada

  • Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center

    Thousand Oaks, California, 91360, United States

  • Loyola University Medical Center

    Maywood, Illinois, 60153, United States

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

  • MedStar Union Memorial Hospital

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, United States

  • Medical University of South Carolina

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States

  • Mercy General Hospital

    Sacramento, California, 95816, United States

  • Mercy Hospital

    Springfield, Missouri, 65806, United States

  • Mercy Medical Center

    Des Moines, Iowa, 50314, United States

  • Methodist Hospital San Antonio

    San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States

  • Monash Health

    Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia

  • Montreal Heart

    Montreal, H1T 1C8, Canada

  • Morton Plant Hospital

    Clearwater, Florida, 33756, United States

  • National Cerebral and Cardiovasclular Center

    Suita, Osaka, Japan

  • Northwell Health

    Manhasset, New York, 11030, United States

  • OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital

    Columbus, Ohio, 43214, United States

  • Oregon Health Science University

    Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States

  • Paramount Heart

    Villanova, Pennsylvania, 19085, United States

  • Piedmont Atlanta Hospital

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30309, United States

  • Pinnacle Health

    Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 17043, United States

  • Royal North Shore Hospital

    St Leonards, New South Wales, 2065, Australia

  • Saint Francis Hospital

    East Hills, New York, 11548, United States

  • Saint John Hospital and Medical Center

    Detroit, Michigan, 48236, United States

  • Saint Joseph's Hospital Health Center

    Liverpool, New York, 13088, United States

  • Saint Mary's Hospital

    Richmond, Virginia, 23226, United States

  • Saint Vincent Heart Center of Indiana

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46290, United States

  • Saint Vincent's Hospital Sydney

    Darlinghurst, New South Wales, 2010, Australia

  • Sakakibara Heart Institute

    Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan

  • Sanford Medical Center

    Fargo, North Dakota, 58102, United States

  • Sapporo Higashi Tokushukai Hospital

    Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

  • Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla

    La Jolla, California, 92037, United States

  • Sendai Kousei Hospital

    Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

  • Shonan Kamakura General Hospital

    Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan

  • Spectrum Health Hospitals

    Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503, United States

  • St. Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein

    Nieuwegein, 3435, Netherlands

  • Strong Memorial Hospital

    Rochester, New York, 14642, United States

  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

    Toronto, Canada

  • Swedish Medical Center

    Seattle, Washington, 98122, United States

  • Tallahassee Research Institute, Inc.

    Tallahassee, Florida, 32308, United States

  • Teikyo University Hospital

    Tokyo, Itabashi-Ku, Japan

  • Terrebonne General Medical Center

    Houma, Louisiana, 70360, United States

  • The Alfred Hospital

    Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Australia

  • The Johns Hopkins Hospital

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States

  • The Mount Sinai Hospital

    New York, New York, 10029, United States

  • The Ohio State University

    Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States

  • The University of Kansas Hospital

    Kansas City, Kansas, 66160, United States

  • The University of Osaka Hospital

    Suita, Osaka, Japan

  • The University of Vermont Medical Center

    Burlington, Vermont, 05401, United States

  • Toronto General Health Hospital

    Toronto, Ontario, MSG2C4, Canada

  • University Hospital Salt Lake City Utah

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84132, United States

  • University Hospitals Case Medical Center

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, United States

  • University of Colorado Hospital

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • University of Maryland Medical Center

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States

  • University of Miami Hospital

    Miami, Florida, 33136, United States

  • University of Michigan Health System

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center UPMC Presbyterian

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15232, United States

  • University of Southern California University Hospital

    Los Angeles, California, 90033, United States

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States

  • Waikato Hospital

    Hamilton, New Zealand

  • Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States

  • Yale New Haven Hospital

    New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States

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