**Author details**

*Aortic Stenosis - Current Perspectives*

**Favor TAVI**

STS/EuroScore II < 4% (EuroScore I < 10%) +

Age <75 years +

Suspicion of Endocarditis +

Unfavorable access for TAVI +

Short distance between coronary ostia and aortic valve annulus +

Undergoing CABG or another cardiac surgery +

*Based on 2017 ESC/EACTS guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease [8].*

STS/EuroScore II > 4% (EuroScore I > 10%) + Severe comorbidities +

Age >75 years + Previous cardiac surgery + Frailty + Restricted mobility +

Favorable access for transfemoral TAVI <sup>+</sup>

Sequelae of chest radiation + Porcelain aorta + Pervious and permeable CABG + Expected patient-prosthesis mismatch + Severe chest deformation +

Aortic root morphology unfavorable for TAVI (Bicuspid valve,

*Checklist for choice of therapeutic intervention option.*

**Patient Favor** 

**AVR**

+

**Patient**

**Appendix**

*Clinical characteristic*

*Anatomical and technical aspects*

severe calcification)

**Table A1.**

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Omer Leal1 \*, Diego Sanchez-Valenzuela1 and Juan Bustamante-Munguira<sup>2</sup>

1 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Policlínica de Gipuzkoa*,* San Sebastian, Spain

2 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain

\*Address all correspondence to: omerleal82@gmail.com

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