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A minimally invasive treatment for patients with severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis, including patients at extreme, high, intermediate, or low surgical risk. The procedure uses a transcatheter heart valve, with evaluation and measurement of the aortic annulus using advanced three-dimensional echocardiography and four-dimensional computed tomography. Conscious sedation may be used, and discharge planning, patient education, medication adherence, follow-up, and coordination with the patient's cardiologist and primary care physician are part of optimizing outcomes.