Incidence, Current Guidelines and Management of Gastrointestinal Bleeding after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a significant increase in morbidity and mortality in patients complicated by major bleeding following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). It has become more challenging to manage such complications when the patient needs to be on anticoagulation or antiplatelet agent post-procedure to prevent thrombotic/embolic complications.

Methods

We systematically reviewed all available randomized controlled trials and observational studies to identify incidence rates of gastrointestinal bleeding post-procedure. After performing a systematic search, a total of 8731 patients from 15 studies (5 RCTs and 10 non-RCTs) were included in this review.

Results

The average rate of gastrointestinal bleeding during follow-up was 3.0% in randomized controlled tri

SUBMITTER: Adalja D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10201885 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature