and "statins" may decrease cardiovascular mortality in patients with other cardiovascular conditions, and is advised. The treatment of elderly patients with severe aortic stenosis is difficult.

The only effective treatment for aortic stenosis is removal of the mechanical obstruction. To this end, only aortic valve replacement (AVR) has been shown to achieve this while reducing mortality.

The classic triad of symptoms of aortic stenosis are angina, syncope and dyspnea. Mortality from aortic stenosis dramatically increases once symptoms develop. No medical therapy has convincingly ...