Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Versu Surgical Aortix Valve Replacement for Treating Elderly Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis and Small Aortic Annuli: A Prospective Randomized Study The VIVA Trial

To date, no formal, randomized, prospective, head-to-head comparisons of surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) versus transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) have been undertaken in the severe aortic stenosis (AS) population with small aortic annuli. Objectives of the present study are to compare the hemodynamic performance (incidence of severe PPM and ≥ moderate AR) and clinical outcomes (death, stroke, major or life threatening bleeding) between TAVR and SAVR in patients with severe AS and small aortic annuli.