Open AccessChronic postthoracotomy pain in transapical transcatheter aortic valve replacement
Author(s) -
B Gebhardt,
Ankit Jain,
Sarah A Basaham,
Farhad Zahedi,
Tsontcho Ianchulev,
Larry Brinckerhoff,
John Augoustides,
Prakash A. Patel,
Andrea Tsai,
Frederick C. Cobey
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of cardiac anaesthesia/annals of cardiac anaesthesia
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 0974-5181
pISSN - 0971-9784
DOI - 10.4103/aca.aca_77_18
Subject(s) - medicine , valve replacement , odds ratio , confidence interval , surgery , stenosis
Chronic postthoracotomy pain (CPTP) is a persistent, occasionally debilitating pain lasting >2 months following thoracic surgery. This study investigates for the first time the prevalence and clinical impact of CPTP in patients who have undergone a transapical transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TA-TAVR).