Carotid Artery Disease and Periprocedural Stroke Risk after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

D Thirumala, Parthasarathy; Muluk, Sruthi; Udesh, Reshmi; Mehta, Amol; Schindler, John; Mulukutla, Suresh; Jeevanantham, Vinodh; Wechsler, Lawrence; Gleason, Thomas

doi:10.4103/aca.aca_13_17

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Carotid Artery Disease and Periprocedural Stroke Risk after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

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Parthasarathy D Thirumala

Sruthi Muluk

Reshmi Udesh

Abstract

Objective/Background: To examine the role of carotid stenosis (CS) and other independent risk factors of perioperative stroke, following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Materials and Methods: Using data from the National Inpatient Sample database for analysis, patients who underwent ...

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