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The risk and extent of neurologic events are equivalent for high-risk patients treated with transcatheter or surgical aortic valve replacement

Saturday, June 4, 2016

Submitted by

Mark Ferguson

Source

Source Name: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Source URL: http://www.jtcvsonline.org/article/S0022-5223(16)00433-5/fulltext

Author(s)

Thomas G. Gleason, John T. Schindler, David H. Adams, Michael J. Reardon, Neal S. Kleiman, Louis R. Caplan, John V. Conte, G. Michael Deeb, G. Chad Hughes Jr., Sharla Chenoweth, Jeffrey J. Popma

Neurologic outcomes were evaluated in a randomized trial of TAVR or surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) for severe AS (750 pts). Stroke occurred about 50% more often in SAVR than TAVR pts at all follow-up time periods, but the differences were not statisticalyl significant. Cognitive changes after stroke were similar between the two groups.

Commentaries:

http://www.jtcvsonline.org/article/S0022-5223(16)30014-9/fulltext

http://www.jtcvsonline.org/article/S0022-5223(16)00404-9/fulltext