A little leak goes a long way! 5-Year-outcome after transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
Errol K InciPeter C BlockPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2022)
Mild paravalvular leak after TAVR is associated with increased 5-year mortality. Current noninvasive and invasive prediction models for mortality may only hold for short term outcomes. Other imaging modalities aside from transthoracic echocardiography should be strongly considered when assessing paravalvular leak, regardless of severity.
Keyphrases
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- aortic valve
- aortic stenosis
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- aortic valve replacement
- left ventricular
- cardiovascular events
- ejection fraction
- risk factors
- high resolution
- computed tomography
- pulmonary hypertension
- coronary artery disease
- heart failure
- atrial fibrillation
- photodynamic therapy