Open AccessPatients scheduled for TAVI tend to form abnormal fibrin clots more resistant to lysis: the impact of age
Author(s) -
Maria Jaworska-Wilczyńska,
Joantorska,
Jakub Siudut,
Karolina Marzec,
Ilona Kowalik,
Tomasz Hryniewiecki
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
kardiologia polska
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1897-4279
pISSN - 0022-9032
DOI - 10.33963/kp.a2021.0005
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , fibrin , fibrinolysis , cardiology , stenosis , concomitant , aortic valve stenosis , surgery , immunology
Fibrin accumulation within the stenotic leaflets associated with impaired fibrinolysis was observed in severe aortic stenosis (AS). Little is known about fibrin clot properties in patients scheduled for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).