Emory University Hospital

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The final results of a promising non-surgical treatment option for aortic stenosis, under study at Emory, were announced on March 20, 2007. The original PARTNER 1 (Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valves) study was the pivotal trans-catheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) trial for the SAPIEN valve. The valve offers a non-surgical treatment option for patients with failing aortic valves.

According to Thourani, results of the five-year PARTNER study showed that high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis had similar outcomes at five years in both arms of the PARTNER I trial. He says this is a finding that researchers are considering a "win" for the intervention.

"We know now that in high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis, the transc-atheter aortic valve does not differ from the traditional open surgical valve replacement," says Thourani, professor of surgery, division of cardiothoracic surgery, Emory University School of Medicine.

"This is a win for the intervention because we now have long-term data that the function of the new trans-catheter valve does not show any deterioration," says Thourani.

In summary, since its founding in 1904, the changes have impacted Emory’s efficacy positively instead of negatively. Because the healthcare services at Emory are at a constant rise in research studies, it has gained itself one of the most provident hospitals in Atlanta. Patients receive the most updated medicine and technology for their care. It also has the influenced changes on the U.S. health system overall positively through its research and new developments.

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