Complications After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: an Updated Umbrella Review

AbstractPurpose of ReviewWe conducted a comprehensive and updated overview on complications occurring after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) for severe aortic stenosis.Recent FindingsDespite remarkable improvements in patient selection, devices, procedures, and ancillary management, complications may still occur in patients undergoing TAVI. On top of most commonly described adverse events such as death, myocardial infarction, stroke, bleeding, vascular complication, renal failure, pacemaker implantation and residual valve regurgitation, other less common but similarly severe complications may still occur. These may include events ranging from acute delirium to valve compression during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Meticulous care should be applied to all screening and procedural steps for TAVI, and attentive follow-up should be implemented afterwards, especially in suboptimal TAVI candidates or those otherwise at high operative risk.SummaryDespite recent remarkable improvements, additional research is warranted in order to further improve early and late outlook of TAVI, identify predictors of complications, and the best way to handle them.
Source: Current Emergency and Hospital Medicine Reports - Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research