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Ney Carter Borges: Early Surgery vs Conservative Care in Asymptomatic Very Severe Aortic Stenosis
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Apr 2, 2026, 16:08

Ney Carter Borges: Early Surgery vs Conservative Care in Asymptomatic Very Severe Aortic Stenosis

Ney Carter Borges, Member Cardiologist of Global Physician Association at Cleveland Clinic Florida, shared a post on LinkedIn:

”Early surgery vs conservative care in asymptomatic very severe aortic stenosis (10-year outcomes)

Key findings (Recovery Trial – 10-Year Follow-up)

Population:
Asymptomatic patients with very severe aortic stenosis
(AVA ≤0.75 cm², Vmax ≥4.5 m/s)

Primary Outcome (CV death or operative mortality):

  • Early Surgery: 3%
  • Conservative Care: 24%
  • HR 0.10 (95% CI 0.02–0.43; p=0.002)

All-Cause Mortality:

  • Early Surgery: 15%
  • Conservative Care: 32%
  • HR 0.42 (95% CI 0.21–0.86)

Heart Failure Hospitalization:

  • Early Surgery: 0%
  • Conservative Care: 19%

Number Needed to Treat (10 years):

  • NNT ≈ 6 (CV death)
  • NNT ≈ 7 (all-cause death)

Clinical interpretation

  • Early intervention dramatically reduces cardiovascular mortality
  • Benefit is sustained over 10 years (no curve convergence)
  • Conservative strategy leads to:
  • Delayed surgery
  • Higher HF burden
  • Increased pre-operative risk
  • Key insight: ‘Waiting for symptoms may allow irreversible myocardial damage’

Practice-changing message

In carefully selected asymptomatic patients with very severe AS, early surgical AVR should be strongly considered, especially when:

  • Low surgical risk
  • High transvalvular velocity
  • Evidence of disease progression.”

Ney Carter Borges: Early Surgery vs Conservative Care in Asymptomatic Very Severe Aortic Stenosis

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