Rudolf Uhliar
The incidence of aortic stenosis increases with age, affecting nearly 10% of the population older than 80. The development of the symptoms significantly worsens the prognosis of the patients. The management of such patients requires knowledge of the diagnostic criteria for examination of the seriousness of the aortic valve disease. Due to the absence of pharmacotherapy, surgical aortic valve replacement has still remained the gold standard treatment. In the last decade, transcatheter aortic valve replacement has been established as less-invasive option with comparable results. New projects focused on patients with severe aortic stenosis who are at low surgical risk. Also, the improvement of the technical equipment would help in broad implementation of the transcatheter aortic valve replacement in patients with aortic valve disease.