The German Aortic Valve Registry (GARY)

Conclusions

The in-hospital outcome results of this registry confirm that conventional surgery yields excellent results in all risk groups and that catheter-based aortic valve replacements are an alternative to conventional surgery in high risk and elderly patients. Although the results are very promising, long-term follow-up needs to confirm this conclusion in terms of mortality and quality of life. The GARY registry will over the next years provide solid data to further define the role of catheter-based aortic valve procedures.