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 ...

I was one of the estimated 2.5 million Americans over the age of 75 with aortic stenosis, or AS, a hardening and narrowing of the aortic valve — the primary… ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The study, published in the December issue of JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, analyzed data from almost 12,000 patients who underwent TAVR between February 2011 and June 2021. Of the patients ...

We randomly assigned patients with severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis and low surgical risk to undergo either TAVR or surgery. The first primary end point was a composite of death, stroke, or ...

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