Transcatheter aortic valve implantation improves cognitive function associated with increased cerebral blood flow in elderly patients with severe aortic stenosis.
CONCLUSIONS: These results provide the first evidence that TAVI may improve cognitive functions associated with increased cerebral perfusion especially in the hippocampus in elderly patients with severe AS.
PMID: 31951203 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: EuroIntervention - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Tags: EuroIntervention Source Type: research
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