Incidence, Implications, and Treatment of Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis and Small Aortic Annulus

HomeCirculationVol. 149, No. 9Incidence, Implications, and Treatment of Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis and Small Aortic Annulus No AccessEditorialRequest AccessFull TextAboutView Full TextView PDFView EPUBSections ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationsTrack citationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InMendeleyReddit Jump toNo AccessEditorialRequest AccessFull TextIncidence, Implications, and Treatment of Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis and Small Aortic Annulus Howard C. Herrmann and Nimesh D. Desai Howard C. HerrmannHoward C. Herrmann Correspondence to: Howard C. Herrmann, MD, 3400 Civic Center Blvd, PCAM South Pavilion 11-107, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Email E-mail Address: [email protected] https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3322-9568 Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. and Nimesh D. DesaiNimesh D. Desai https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4456-5674 Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Originally published26 Feb 2024https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.067816Circulation. 2024;149:656–657This article is a commentary on the followingTranscatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis and Small Aortic Annulus: A Randomized Clinical Trial"Incidence, Implications, and Treatment of Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis and Small Aortic Annulus." Circulation, 149(9), pp. 656–657FootnotesThe opinions expressed in this article are not necessarily those of the editors or of the American Heart Association.For Disclosures, see page 657.Circulation is available at www.ahajournals.org/journal/circ.Correspondence to: Howard C. Herrmann, MD, 3400 Civic Center Blvd, PCAM South Pavilion 11-107, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Email howard.herrmann@pennmedicine.upenn.eduREFERENCES1. Freitas-Ferraz A, Tirado-Conte G, Dagenais F, Ruel M, Al-Atassi T, Dumont E, Mohammadi S, Bernier M, Pibarot P, Rodes-Cabau J. 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