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Early effects of transcatheter aortic valve implantation and aortic valve replacement on myocardial function and aortic valve hemodynamics: insights from cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging

Saturday, March 28, 2015

Submitted by

Stuart Head

Source

Source Name: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg

Source URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=25455463

Author(s)

Crouch G, Bennetts J, Sinhal A, Tully PJ, Leon DP, Bradbrook C, Penhall AL, De Pasquale CG, Chakrabarty A, Baker RA, Selvanayagam JB

In a prospective study using MRI before and within 14 days after AVR and TAVI, Crouch and co-authors demonstrated that postoperative aortic regurgitation that was higher in the TAVI group had a significant impact on increasing left atrial size and declining right ventricular function.