Aortic regurgitation following transcatheter aortic valve replacement: Impact of preprocedural left ventricular diastolic filling patterns on late clinical outcomes

ConclusionsPreprocedural impairment of LV filling, reflected by short DT, portends an adverse prognosis in TAVR patients who develop ARpost independently of other clinical and echocardiocardigraphic measures including AS severity and systolic LV function. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - November 3, 2015 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Amir Halkin, Arie Steinvil, Galit Aviram, Simon Biner, Shmuel Banai, Gad Keren, Ariel Finkelstein, Yan Topilsky Tags: Valvular and Structural Heart Diseases Source Type: research