AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands—After transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), the strongest ... At 1 year, mortality was twice as high in patients with AR grade 2+ than in those without AR (24.2% vs ...

In particular, patients with a grade V aortic atheroma, among whom the risk of subsequent stroke is high, generally start to receive clopidogrel or warfarin postoperatively, although definitive ...

Boston, MA Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery was associated with lower hospital mortality and fewer strokes compared with on-pump surgery in patients with atheromatous aortic disease in a ...