Transcatheter aortic valve implantation: what's the bleeding problem?
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Khawaja, M. Zeeshan; Redwood, Simon R.
- Source
- Heart. Jun2013, Vol. 99 Issue 12, p822-823. 2p.
- Subject
- *CLINICAL trials
*ARTIFICIAL implants
*PATIENTS
*AORTIC valve
*DISEASE complications
*DISEASES
- Language
- ISSN
- 1355-6037
The article discusses the clinical trials conducted to study the bleeding problems associated with use of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). It mentions that patients with life-threatening bleeding (LTB) have risk of peripheral arterial diseases and others after TAVI. It states that TAVI can be done by two routes including transapical route (TA) and Tran femoral route (TF). It informs that a new route transaortic access for TAVI (TAo-TAVI) causes less LTB complications.