TAVR patients count on their thrombocytes: Platelets count is accountable for the outcomes!
Fredric Assis OliveiraPedro Alves Lemos NetoPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2021)
Chronic thrombocytopenia is frequent in patients undergoing TAVR in the real world. Chronic thrombocytopenia is associated with worse in-hospital outcomes after TAVR. Future research is necessary to establish a better way of conducting and monitoring these patients.