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Concomitant coronary artery disease and its management in patients referred to transcatheter aortic valve implantation: Insights from the POL-TAVI Registry.

Zenon HuczekKarol ZbrońskiKajetan GrodeckiPiotr ScisłoBartosz RymuzaJanusz KochmanMaciej DąbrowskiAdam WitkowskiWojciech WojakowskiRadosław ParmaAndrzej OchałaMarek GrygierAnna Olasińska-WiśniewskaAleksander AraszkiewiczDariusz JagielakDariusz CiećwierzDominika PuchtaKatarzyna PaczwaKrzysztof J FilipiakRadosław WilimskiMarian ZembalaGrzegorz Opolski
Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2017)
In conclusion, obstructive CAD at baseline evaluation for TAVI has independent negative impact on short-term prognosis. However, neither baseline nor residual Ss values have prognostic ability in patients undergoing TAVI. Revascularization prior to TAVI seems to improve survival to levels comparable with patients without obstructive CAD at baseline.
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