P170 SHORT-TERM EFFECTS OF TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION ON AORTIC FUNCTION AND HEMODYNAMICS

Purpose/Background/Objectives: Aortic stiffness and hemodynamics are independent predictors of adverse cardiovascular events. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is growingly used in elderly patients with aortic stenosis. We sought to investigate the effect of TAVI upon aortic vascular fu...

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Main Authors: Dimitrios Terentes-Printzios, Charalambos Vlachopoulos, Konstantinos Toutouzas, Georgios Latsios, Andreas Synetos, Georgios Trantalis, Fani Mitropoulou, Maria Drakopoulou, Konstantinos Stathogiannis, Vicky Penesopoulou, Konstantinos Kalogeras, Konstantinos Aznaouridis, Manolis Vavuranakis, Dimitrios Tousoulis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:Artery Research
Online Access:https://www.atlantis-press.com/article/125930281/view