Stroke remains a problem after TAVR and continues to feed discussions around how extensively cerebral embolic protection devices and other strategies should be used. In a session during TVT Connect, ...

PROTECTED TAVR. Stroke has been a feared complication of TAVI from the beginning, and remains so despite substantial reductions in risk over time. One study using data from the STS/ACC TVT Registry ...

Patients who suffer a stroke during hospitalization for infective endocarditis (IE) after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) have a dismal prognosis, with more than half dying during ...

The Impact of Malnutrition on Perioperative Ischemic Stroke in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR): A Retrospective Cohort Study of the National Inpatient Sample, Health Science Reports ...

In a cohort of patients who had transcatheter aortic valve replacement at 22 hospitals in Michigan, post-TAVR stroke was more common at institutions designated as comprehensive stroke centers ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement was associated with similar long-term mortality and stroke risk vs. surgery for severe aortic stenosis, but with greater risk for pacemaker implant with self ...

A device designed to remove embolic material—fragments of tissue that can be released into the bloodstream during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)—did not result in a reduction in ...

Impact of Cerebral Embolic Protection Devices on Disabling Stroke after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Updated Results from the STS/ACC TVT Registry. Circulation: ...

That said, patients aged 65-69 who underwent early TAVR derived the most benefits, with significant reduction in stroke risk (0% early TAVR vs. 13% CS) and had six times lower rate of death ...

While TAVR carries a good safety record overall, around 2% to 4% of patients have a stroke during or shortly after the procedure, sometimes because calcium or tissue fragments are released when ...

Each year, about 73,000 people in the United States undergo a TAVR procedure to treat aortic stenosis. Between 3% to 7% of people who have a TAVR experience a stroke within 30 days of the procedure.