Should we routinely include geriatric functional assessments to determine candidacy for TAVR?

Studies have shown that 40-50% of older patients with severe AS and high (≥8%) or prohibitive (≥15%) risk for perioperative mortality with surgical aortic valve replacement (based on the STS score) fail to survive with improved quality of life 1 year after undergoing TAVR. This suggests that TAVR ma...