Perioperative Bleeding Requiring Blood Transfusions Is Associated with Increased Risk of Stroke after Transcatheter and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement

We aimed to investigate the impact of severe bleeding and use of red blood cell (RBC) transfusion on the development of postoperative stroke after surgical (SAVR) and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) from the FinnValve registry.

Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - April 26, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tuomas Tauriainen, Tatu Juvonen, Vesa Anttila, Pasi Maaranen, Matti Niemel ä, Markku Eskola, Tuomas Ahvenvaara, Annastiina Husso, Marko P.O. Virtanen, Eeva-Maija Kinnunen, Sebastian Dahlbacka, Maina Jalava, Mika Laine, Antti Valtola, Peter Raivio, Antti Tags: Original Article Source Type: research