Aortic stenosis in Australia: disease prevalence and patient eligibility for aortic valve replacement

Surgical aortic valve replacement in Australia, 2002–2015: temporal changes in clinical practice, patient profiles and outcomes

“…The growing volume of SAVR is consistent with projections of an increasing prevelance of severe AS in an ageing population . Other contributing factors may include an increasing awareness of AS among patients and clinicians, a general improvement in outcomes from cardiac surgery and evidence supporting the benefit of SAVR among elderly patients .…”

“…Aortic stenosis (AS) accounts for 40–50% of all cases of valvular heart disease with a rapidly increasing prevalence, predominantly due to an ageing population . A contemporary systematic review reported AS prevalence of 2.8% and 13.1% in populations aged 60–74 years and 75+ years in high‐income countries and it is estimated that over 66 000 Australians aged 55+ years in 2011 had severe AS …”

Diagnostic Methodologies of Laser-Initiated 11B(p,α)2α Fusion Reactions

“…It is a common practice to place also suitable thick and high-Z bricks between the laser-interaction point and the spectrometer. In this way, low-noise detection of particles was demonstrated for an optimized Thomson spectrometer placed at ∼50 cm distance from the laser interaction point, in recent experiments at GSI laser (100 J, ∼10 19 W cm −2 , 750 fs pulses) [67]. • Electrons.…”

“…Indeed, the detection capability of the device depends on the actual solid angle covered, and then also on the target-pinhole distance. According to the scheme of Figure 7A, under the simplified hypothesis of point emission of particles from the laser-matter interaction, the traces will have size [67]…”

Performance and Safety of Transfemoral TAVI With SAPIEN XT in Australian Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis at Intermediate Surgical Risk: SOLACE–AU Trial

“…The prevalence of AS is projected to increase as the population ages [1,2]. In Australia, a recent systematic review found the prevalence of AS was 2.9% in people 55 to 74 years old and 13.6% in those 75 years old and older [3]. Aortic stenosis is thought to be severe in 21.6% of the Australian AS population, with 71.1% likely to be symptomatic.…”