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No study has compared surgical and transcatheter valve replacement in the setting of porcelain aorta. We characterize porcelain aorta patients undergoing aortic valve replacement and the association of aortic calcification and outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Patients undergoing aortic valve replacement with porcelain aorta were identified. Aortic calcium volume was determined using 3D computed tomography thresholding techniques. Propensity scoring was performed to assess the effect of surgical versus transcatheter approaches. Risk factors for composite major hospital complications (death, stroke and dialysis) were identified using random forest machine learning.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>From January 2006 to January 2015, 164 patients with porcelain aorta underwent aortic valve replacement [105 (64%) surgical replacement, 59 (36%) transcatheter replacement]. Propensity scoring matched 29 pairs (49% of transcatheter patients). Before matching, 5-year survival was 41% [(43% surgical, 35% transcatheter, P(log-rank) = 0.9]. After matching, mortality for surgical versus transcatheter replacement was 3.4% (n\u2009=\u20091) vs 10% (n\u2009=\u20093), stroke 14% (n\u2009=\u20094) vs 3.4% (n\u2009=\u20091) and dialysis 6.9% (n\u2009=\u20092) versus 11% (n\u2009=\u20093). Matched 5-year survival was 40% after surgical replacement and 29% after transcatheter replacement [P(log-rank) = 0.4]. Total aortic calcium volume was greater in transcatheter than surgical patients [18 (8.0) vs 17 (7.7) ml] and was associated with more major hospital complications after either approach.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Surgical and transcatheter approaches are complementary options for aortic stenosis with porcelain aorta. Surgical valve replacement remains an effective treatment for patients requiring concomitant procedures. Quantifying aortic calcium volume is a helpful risk predictor in all patients with porcelain aorta.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ejcts\/ezad057","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,28]],"date-time":"2023-02-28T12:13:39Z","timestamp":1677586419000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Choosing transcatheter aortic valve replacement in porcelain aorta: outcomes versus surgical replacement"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"63","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1672-5386","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Benjamin","family":"Kramer","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Aortic Valve Center, Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic , Cleveland, OH, USA"},{"name":"Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic , Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Andrew 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