Impact of significant paravalvular leaks after transcatheter aortic valve implantation on anaemia and mortality.
Javier Lopez-PaisDiego Lopez-OteroArturo Garcia-TouchardBarbara Izquierdo CoronelPablo José Antúnez MuiñosXabier Cia MendiorozMarta Pérez-PozaÓscar Otero GarciaCarlos Gustavo Martinez PeredoCarlos Arellano FloresLeyre Álvarez-RodríguezFernando Gomez PeñaMária JuskovaJuan Carlos Sanmartín PenaRodrigo Estevez-LoureiroAna Belén Cid ÁlvarezRamiro Trillo NoucheJoaquín Jesús Alonso-MartínJose Ramón González-JuanateyJuan Francisco Oteonull nullPublished in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2020)
SPL is an independent predictor of anaemia at 3 months after TAVI, a condition that doubles long-term mortality. Our findings could explain in part the worse prognosis of SPL after TAVI. Further pathophysiological studies are necessary to explain this association.