Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Versu Surgical Aortix Valve Replacement for Treating Elderly Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis and Small Aortic Annuli: A Prospective Randomized Study The VIVA Trial

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients ≥65 years-old diagnosed with severe AS (defined as: jet velocity ≥ 4.0 m/s or mean gradient ≥ 40 mmHg or velocity ratio \<0.25 AND aortic valve area ≤ 1.0 cm2 or aortic valve area index ≤ 0.6 cm2/m2; OR mean gradient \>30 mmHg AND aortic valve area ≤ 1.0 cm2 or aortic valve area index ≤ 0.6 cm2/m2 AND \>1200 Agatston units for women or \>2000 Agatston units for men as determined by non-contrast CT). * Small aortic annulus defined as a mean aortic annulus diameters ˂23 mm and a minimal aortic annulus diameter of ≤21.5 mm as measured by 3D-computed tomography (CT) and/or 3D-transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). Exclusion Criteria: * Prohibitive surgical risk as determined by the Heart Team * Porcelain aorta * Aortic root dilatation \>45 mm * Coronary artery disease (CAD) not treatable by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), or SYNTAX score \>32 (in the absence of prior revascularization) or severe left main disease * Non-calcific aortic stenosis * Severe mitral regurgitation * Moderate-to-severe tricuspid regurgitation requiring surgical repair * Prior surgical valve in aortic position