Degree of valve calcification in patients undergoing transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation with and without balloon aortic valvuloplasty: Findings from the multicenter EASE-IT TF registry.
Christian ButterMaki OkamotoGerhard SchymikClaudius JacobshagenJürgen RotheHendrik TreedeSebastian KerberDerk FrankPeter BramlageLenka SykorovaMartin ThoenesTanja K RudolphPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2019)
In the majority of transfemoral valve implantations, calcification does not appear to be the main driving factor in the decision to perform/omit BAV. Predilation may be valuable for reducing post-dilation requirements in patients only with a greater degree of leaflet calcification.
Keyphrases
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- aortic valve
- aortic stenosis
- aortic valve replacement
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- end stage renal disease
- patients undergoing
- mitral valve
- newly diagnosed
- left ventricular
- coronary artery disease
- cross sectional
- coronary artery
- double blind
- atrial fibrillation