BACKGROUND: From our current clinical experience, investigators mostly choose the smaller self-expandable transcatheter valve for type-0 BAS than that for TAS, combined with balloon sizing strategy. But no prospective and randomized studies show the rationality and clinical outcomes of different sizing strategies of type-0 BAS with self-expandable transcatheter valve.~AIM: To observe the clinical outcomes of the different valve sizing strategies treating type-0 BAS with self-expandable transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) valve, compared with those of a standard sizing strategy of normal TAS.~POPULATION: All patients with severe degenerative aortic valve stenosis referred for aortic valve intervention will be screened for study eligibility. To be included subjects must be 65 years or older, anatomical and technical eligible for both interventions, expected to survive more than 1 year after the intervention, and able to provide written informed consent. Study exclusion criteria include isolated aortic valve regurgitation or other significant valve disease, unstable preoperative condition.~DESIGN: The project is a multicenter randomized clinical trial. Patients of type-0 BAS fulfilling all inclusion and no exclusion criteria will be randomized into either Down sizing group or Standard sizing group. Randomization will be 1:1 with 53 subjects in each group. Meanwhile patients of TAS fulfilling all inclusion and no exclusion criteria will be included as a Standard group in this study. Screening and inclusion will commence in September 2015. Inclusion is expected to last 3 years, and subjects will be followed for 5 years.
To observe the clinical outcomes of the different valve sizing strategies treating type-0 Bicuspid Aortic Stenosis (BAS) with self-expandable transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) valve, compared with those of a standard sizing strategy of normal Tricuspid Aortic Stenosis(TAS).