Cerebral embolization during transcatheter aortic valve implantation: A transcranial doppler study

Circulation

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1245-1255

  Kahlert, Philipp ^a   Al Rashid, Fadi ^a   Döttger, Philipp ^a   Mori, Kathrine ^a   Plicht, Björn ^a   Wendt, Daniel ^b   Bergmann, Lars ^c   Kottenberg, Eva ^c   Schlamann, Marc ^d   Mummel, Petra ^b   Holle, Dagny ^b   Thielmann, Matthias ^a   Jakob, Heinz G ^a   Konorza, Thomas ^a   Heusch, Gerd ^a   Erbel, Raimund ^a   Eggebrecht, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ^*  (Germany)

^c Clinic for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine   (Germany)

^d Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

aortic valve stenosis; cerebral ischemia; transcatheter aortic valve implantation; transcranial Doppler sonography; valves

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CATECHOLAMINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CLOPIDOGREL; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; HEPARIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTIC VALVE REPAIR; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVERSION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COGNITION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONVALESCENCE; DEATH; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROEMBOLISM; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALCINOSIS; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 84865848038     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.092544     Document Type: Article

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