Stroke and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Carotid Disease Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement [Structural Heart Disease]
Conclusions—
CD is common among TAVR patients, present in 1 of 5. CD was not associated with an increased risk of stroke or mortality at 30 day or 1 year. Post-TAVR stroke seems to be because of mechanisms other than CD.
Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions - Category: Cardiology Authors: Kochar, A., Li, Z., Harrison, J. K., Hughes, G. C., Thourani, V. H., Mack, M. J., Matsouaka, R. A., Cohen, D. J., Peterson, E. D., Jones, W. S., Vemulapalli, S. Tags: Aortic Valve Replacement/Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation, Mortality/Survival, Cerebrovascular Disease/Stroke, Vascular Disease Structural Heart Disease Source Type: research
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