Table 1.

Urgency categories for patients with severe aortic valve stenosis awaiting transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Timing intervention	<1 Week	<1 Month	<3 Months
Indication	Life‐threatening in case of deferral of procedure	Potentially life‐threatening or negatively impacting prognosis in case of deferral of procedure for more than 1 month	Limited impact on prognosis in case of deferral of procedure for more than 1 month
Symptomatology	Severely symptomatic	Moderately symptomatic	Mildly symptomatic
Complaints	Heart failure requiring hospitalization, severe orthopnea	Syncope due to AS, dizziness	NYHA I–II, anginal complaints
Echocardiography	Critical AS (AVA <0.6 cm2 and/or mean gradient >60 mmHg) or severe AS (AVA <1.0 cm2 and/or mean gradient >40 mmHg)	Critical AS (AVA <0.6 cm2 and/or mean gradient >60 mmHg) or severe AS (AVA <1.0 cm2 and/or mean gradient >40 mmHg)	Severe AS (AVA <1.0 cm2 and/or mean gradient >40 mmHg)

Abbreviations: AS, aortic valve stenosis; AVA, aortic valve area.