Cardiovascular Diseases & Diagnosis

Department of Anesthesia, Zentralklinik Bad Berka, Germany

Publications

• Research Article   
  Contemporary Results of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Patients with a Low Ejection Fraction: Retrospective Analysis of a Single Center Experience
  Author(s): Owais T*, El Garhy M, Awada H, Abdulrahman M, Fuchs J, Schreiber M and Kuntze T
  
  Background: Reduced ejection fraction may increase the complications after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). We investigated the impact of low flow (LF) and low gradient (LG) on long term mortality after TAVI in addition to other predictors. Methods: We included retrospectively 450 patients with EF <40%, whom underwent TAVI in central hospital Bad Berka, Germany between 2012 and 2018. Patients were divided in to 4 groups according to the aortic mean pressure gradient and stroke volume. All demographic parameters and clinical outcomes were compared among the groups. Binary logistic regression was used to identify the predictors of 1-year mortality. Results: Overall 1-year mortality was 16.3%, the 30-days mortality was 11.9%, 8.6%, 14.3% and 5%, and the 1- year mortality was 19.9%.. Read More»
  

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