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Biaxial Mechanical Characterizations of Atrioventricular Heart Valves
Published on: April 9, 2019
The first love, you never forget. The last heart valve, you might remember better than the first
Tiziana Claudia Aranzulla1, Giuseppe Musumeci2
1Interventional Cardiology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Ordine Mauriziano di Torino, Turin, Italy.
Abstract:
Valve-in-valve (VIV) transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) does not increase cerebrovascular risk compared with TAVR in native aortic valves; the only predictors of new brain lesions were age and postdilatation. Wise choice of the biological valve at the time of surgical aortic replacement, routine use of cerebral protection devices, and new therapeutic paths may be important. Larger studies are needed, hopefully with systematic postdilatation or bioprosthetic valve fracture in cases of residual high transvalvular gradients after VIV TAVR.
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