The HVS Aortic Valve Database is a longitudinal observational cohort study enrolling patients with ascending aorta aneurysm and/or AR, or AS. Centers all over the world who are interested can participate.
Some key features of the online database:
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The HVS Aortic Valve Database enrolls all consecutive patients aged 18 years or older who were diagnosed with aortic (valve) disease, and/or aortic aneurysm (root or tubular), receiving surgical or transcatheter treatment for either and receiving follow-up. Aneurysm of the aorta is defined as aneurysms primarily of the aortic root and/or ascending/tubular aorta. Patients with type A aortic dissection are eligible for inclusion as well. Patients with aortic valve stenosis can be included up until 65 years old at the time of surgery or transcatheter intervention.
Centers without an AV repair program are encouraged to join the HVS Aortic Valve Database as well.
Preferably, centers enroll both patient populations. It is important to enroll all consecutive patients within a center, in order to keep the database as representative as possible. However, when preferred, a center could solely enroll only part of the patient populations.
The HVS Aortic Valve Database is open for patient enrollment since January 2013. Collected data includes: