Anaemia and mortality in patients with transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
CONCLUSION: This systematic review and meta-analysis found an association between pre-procedural anaemia and increased long-term but not short-term mortality after TAVR. Further study of the pathophysiology underlying this association is needed.
PMID: 30328768 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Acta Cardiologica - Category: Cardiology Tags: Acta Cardiol Source Type: research
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