Open AccessLeft and right ventricular function in aortic stenosis patients 8 weeks post-transcatheter aortic valve implantation or surgical aortic valve replacement
Author(s) -
Lena Forsberg,
Éva Tamás,
Farkas Vánky,
Niels Erik Nielsen,
Jan Engvall,
Eva Nylander
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
european heart journal - cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2047-2412
pISSN - 2047-2404
DOI - 10.1093/ejechocard/jer085
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , stenosis , aortic valve replacement , aortic valve , aortic valve stenosis , surgery
Knowledge of longitudinal left and right ventricular (LV and RV) function after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is scarce. We hypothesized that the longitudinal systolic biventricular function in aortic stenosis (AS) patients is affected differently by TAVI and surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR).
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