Silent and Apparent Cerebral Ischemia After Percutaneous Transfemoral Aortic Valve Implantation

Kahlert, Philipp; Knipp, Stephan; Schlamann, Marc; Thielmann, Matthias; Al‐Rashid, Fadi; Weber, Marcel; Johansson, Uwe; Wendt, Daniel; Jakob, Heinz; Forsting, Michael; Sack, Stefan; Erbel, Raimund; Eggebrecht, Holger

doi:10.1161/circulationaha.109.855866

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Silent and Apparent Cerebral Ischemia After Percutaneous Transfemoral Aortic Valve Implantation

Published in Circulation • Feb 22, 2010

Authors:

Philipp Kahlert

Stephan Knipp

Marc Schlamann

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The risk of stroke after transfemoral aortic valve implantation (TAVI) due to dislodgement and subsequent embolization of debris from aortic arch atheroma or from the calcified valve itself ranges between 2% and 10%. The rate of clinically silent cerebral ischemia is unknown but may be e...

Subject

Medicine

Percutaneous

Ischemia

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