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The dramatically favorable outcome of symptomatic aortic stenosis patients undergoing surgical valve replacement is depicted. A, Comparison of percent survival in total male population >40 years of age with that of adult patients with aortic stenosis with and without surgery. Adapted from Ross and Braunwald.11 B, Mean survival of patients with symptomatic aortic stenosis with and without surgery. Adapted from Schwarz et al. | Barone-Rochette, G., Piérard, S., De Meester de Ravenstein, C., Seldrum, S., Melchior, J., Maes, F., Pouleur, A.-C., Vancraeynest, D., Pasquet, A., Vanoverschelde, J.-L. and Gerber, B. L. (2014) ‘Prognostic Significance of LGE by CMR in Aortic Stenosis Patients Undergoing Valve Replacement’, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 64(2), p. 144 LP-154. Available at: http://www.onlinejacc.org/content/64/2/144.abstract

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