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A cardiologist's nightmare: Coronary obstruction during transcatheter aortic valve implantation: How to identify patients at highest risk for this complication
Author(s) -
Shatila Wassim,
Krajcer Zvonimir
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.27425
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , complication , aortic sinus , aortic valve , coronary sinus , nightmare , aorta , psychiatry
Key Points Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is associated with several complications including coronary obstruction (CO) CO occurs in ∼1% of patients and mostly in patients receiving the SAPIEN XT valve Possible predictors of CO include coronary height <10 mm and aortic sinus diameter of <30 mm.
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