Pathophysiological Factors Associated with Left Ventricular Perforation in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation by Transfemoral Approach.
CONCLUSIONS: A small LV cavity, a hypercontractile state, a thin muscular wall, and a narrow aorto-mitral angle may be considered potential predictors of the occurrence of LV perforation during TAVI.
PMID: 29302942 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of Heart Valve Disease - Category: Cardiology Tags: J Heart Valve Dis Source Type: research
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