The Impact of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction on Clinical Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

Conclusions
Advancing stages of LVDD are associated with an incremental risk of all-cause mortality after TAVR, driven by cardiovascular death and taking effect as early as 30 days after the intervention.

Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Interventions - March 19, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Asami, M., Lanz, J., Stortecky, S., Räber, L., Franzone, A., Heg, D., Hunziker, L., Roost, E., Siontis, G. C., Valgimigli, M., Windecker, S., Pilgrim, T. Tags: Focus on Pulmonic and Aortic Valve Intervention Source Type: research