Access Path Angle in Transapical Aortic Valve Replacement: Risk Factor for Paravalvular Leakage

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
2875678	The Annals of Thoracic Surgery	2014	7 Pages	PDF

Abstract

During TA-TAVR, greater Î±LV-LVOTs were associated with significantly higher grades of PL. Thus, the Î±LV-LVOT might influence the selection of the transapical implantation path and could have a significant effect on designs for future stents or novel delivery devices.

Keywords

TEE NYHA PAOD LVOT LVEF STS AVA AUC Aorta electrocardiogram ECG New York Heart Association standard deviation Transesophageal echocardiography left ventricle Peripheral arterial occlusive disease transapical Aortic stenosis computed tomography The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Left atrium effective diameter left ventricular outflow tract area under curve aortic valve area paravalvular leakage Creatine kinase left ventricular ejection fraction

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Access Path Angle in Transapical Aortic Valve Replacement: Risk Factor for Paravalvular Leakage

Authors

Borek MD, Martin MD, Christian MD, David MD, Claudia MD, Matthias MD, Axel MD, Friedrich Wilhelm PhD, MD, Matthias PhD, MD, Lukas MD,