Procedural Outcomes of a Self-Expanding Transcatheter Heart Valve in Patients with Porcelain Aorta.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Severe calcification of the ascending aorta increases the peri-operative risk for neurological complications in patients with severe aortic stenosis. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) seems to be an optimal treatment option in these patients. However, the impact of the extent of aortic calcification on procedural and neurological outcomes during TAVI is unclear.

Methods

Data from 3010 patients with severe native aortic valve stenosis treated with ACURATE neo/neo2 from May 2012 to July 2022 were evaluated and matched by 2-to-1 nearest-neighbor matching to identify one patient with porcelain aorta (PA) (n = 492) compared with two patients without PA (n = 984). PA was additionally subdivided into circumferential (classic PA) (n

SUBMITTER: Eckel C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9917710 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature