Cerebral blood flow and neurocognition in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis.

Ronald M Lazar Terina Myers Toby I Gropen Massoud A LeesarJames DaviesAdam T Gerstenecker Amani M Norling Marykay A Pavol Randolph S Marshall Susheel Kodali

Published in: European heart journal open (2023)

Among patients with severe AS, there was little impairment of MFV on TCD and no correlation with cognition. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement did not affect MFV or cognition. Assumptions about diminished CBF and improvement after TAVR were not supported.

Keyphrases

transcatheter aortic valve replacement
aortic stenosis
cerebral blood flow
aortic valve
aortic valve replacement
transcatheter aortic valve implantation
patients undergoing
mild cognitive impairment
early onset
white matter
ejection fraction
left ventricular
coronary artery disease
heart failure