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Valve Academic Research Consortium 3: updated endpoint definitions for aortic valve clinical research

Philippe Généreux, Nicolò Piazza, Maria Alu, Tamim Nazif, Rebecca T. Hahn, Philippe Pîbarot, Jeroen J. Bax, Jonathon Leipsic, Philipp Blanke, Eugene H. Blackstone, Matthew Finn, Samir Kapadia, Axel Linke, Michael J. Mack, Raj Makkar, Roxana Mehran, Jeffrey J. Popma, Michael J. Reardon, Josep Rodés‐Cabau, Nicolas M. Van Mieghem, John G. Webb, David J. Cohen, Martin B. Leon

European Heart Journal · 2020

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Summary

AIMS: The Valve Academic Research Consortium (VARC), founded in 2010, was intended to (i) identify appropriate clinical endpoints and (ii) standardize definitions of these endpoints for transcatheter and surgical aortic valve clinical trials. Rapid evolution of the field, including the emergence of new complications, expanding clinical indications, and novel therapy strategies have mandated further refinement and expansion of these definitions to ensure clinical relevance. This document provides an update of the most appropriate clinical endpoint definitions to be used in the conduct of transcatheter and surgical aortic valve clinical research. METHODS AND RESULTS: Several years after the publication of the VARC-2 manuscript, an in-person meeting was held involving over 50 independent clin

Source type
Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa799
Catalogue ID
SNmojg093g-irttau
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