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Waiting is no longer ‘good medicine’: Data shows treating severe AS with TAVR before symptoms appear improves outcomes, reduces costs

TAVR is increasingly seen as the preferred option for symptomatic severe aortic stenosis, and clinical guidelines in the U.S. reserve their highest recommendations for patients who experience symptoms. Asymptomatic patients, meanwhile, are typically managed by clinical surveillance or a “watch and wait” approach; no symptoms means no treatment.