Risk factors for paravalvular leak after transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
Many studies have shown that transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) improves outcomes in patients with severe aortic stenosis in whom a classical surgical procedure cannot be performed due to the high risk. As one of the most frequent periprocedural complications of TAVI, paravalvular leak significantly affects the short- and long-term prognosis for patients undergoing implantation. In this paper, we analyze the most significant anatomical and procedural predictors of paravalvular leak after TAVI.
3 Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland.
Krzysztof
K
Wilczek
Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
Kamil
K
Bujak
Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
Rafał
R
Reguła
Chair of Cardiology, Congenital Heart Diseases, and Electrotherapy, Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland.
Piotr
P
Chodór
3 Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland.
Tadeusz
T
Osadnik
TAVI; paravalvular leak; risk factors