Colli, A;
Ducci, A;
Burriesci, G;
(2016)
Possible Subclinical Leaflet Thrombosis in Bioprosthetic Aortic Valves.
New England Journal of Medicine
, 374
(16)
pp. 1590-1592.
10.1056/NEJMc1600179.
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Abstract
To the Editor: Makkar et al. (Nov. 19 issue)(1) report possible subclinical leaflet thrombosis in up to 40% of patients involved in a clinical trial of transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR). In contrast, we found a relatively low incidence (7%) of possible subclinical valve leaflet thrombosis among patients in our series in which 255 patients underwent TAVR with the use of a CoreValve prosthesis. A retrospective review of our series (unpublished data) showed that in 104 patients, cardiac computed tomography (CT) at a median of 7 days after implantation (range, 3 to 87) (in 51 patients), transesophageal echocardiography at a median . . .
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Possible Subclinical Leaflet Thrombosis in Bioprosthetic Aortic Valves |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1056/NEJMc1600179 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc1600179 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2016 Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Mechanical Engineering |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1482237 |
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