Aortic valve calcification as a risk factor for major complications and reduced survival after transcatheter replacement

Aortic valve calcification is supposed to be a possible cause of embolic stroke or subclinical valve thrombosis after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). We aimed to assess the role of aortic valve calcification in the occurrence of in-hospital clinical complications and survival after TAVR.

Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography - December 6, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Francesco Pollari, Wolfgang Hitzl, Ferdinand Vogt, Michela Cuomo, Johannes Schwab, Claudius S öhn, Jurij M. Kalisnik, Christian Langhammer, Thomas Bertsch, Theodor Fischlein, Steffen Pfeiffer Source Type: research