Heart valve replacement safe in patients with enlarged aorta?
NCT ID NCT07148973
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This completed study looked at 101 patients with severe aortic stenosis who had a minimally invasive heart valve replacement (TAVR). Researchers wanted to see if the procedure was safe for patients who also had an enlarged ascending aorta (≥40 mm). They compared outcomes like death rates between those with and without an enlarged aorta. The goal was to gather information to help guide future treatment decisions for this specific group.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could help doctors better understand whether TAVR is safe for patients with an enlarged aorta, potentially expanding treatment options for this group.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, single-center study with only 101 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. It is observational, so it cannot prove cause and effect.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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101 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2019
- Finished
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Jul 2021
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
All patients who were diagnosed with severe AS via the TAVR procedure using a self-expanding valve (Venus-A valve, Qiming Med Tech Inc., Hangzhou, China) between January 2019 and July 2021 at our Heart Center were retrospectively enrolled.
- Ages
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50 to 93 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * (1) severe AS patients diagnosed on the recommendation of the European Society of Cardiology/European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Guidelines (aortic valve area ≤ 1.0 cm²/aortic valve index ≤ 0.6 cm²/m²/peak aortic velocity (Vmax)≥4.0 m/s); (2) patients at intermediate- to high-risk surgical risk or a Society of Thoracic Surgeons risk (STS) score \> 4; (4) patients whose anatomy was evaluated by 3-dimensional (3D) multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) appropriate for TAVR; and (4) patients with severe AS with typical symptoms. Exclusion Criteria: * (1) patients with active endocarditis, acute aortic dissection, or acute myocardial infarction; (2) patients with expectations of life\< 1 year; and (3) patients with inappropriate anatomy evaluated by 3D MDCT.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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the Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University
Dalian, Liaoning, 116001, China
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