2015
Safety and performance of a novel embolic deflection device in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement: results from the DEFLECT I study.
Baumbach A, Mullen M, Brickman AM, Aggarwal SK, Pietras CG, Forrest JK, Hildick-Smith D, Meller SM, Gambone L, den Heijer P, Margolis P, Voros S, Lansky AJ. Safety and performance of a novel embolic deflection device in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement: results from the DEFLECT I study. EuroIntervention 2015, 11: 75-84. PMID: 25868876, DOI: 10.4244/eijy15m04_01.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAlloysAortic ValveAortic Valve StenosisBrain IschemiaBrazilCardiac CatheterizationCognitionCognition DisordersDiffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingEmbolic Protection DevicesEuropeFemaleHeart Valve ProsthesisHeart Valve Prosthesis ImplantationHumansIntracranial EmbolismMalePredictive Value of TestsProspective StudiesProsthesis DesignRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexStrokeTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUltrasonography, Doppler, TranscranialConceptsTranscatheter aortic valve replacementAortic valve replacementValve replacementNew cerebral ischemic lesionsCerebral diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imagingCerebral ischemic lesionsDays post procedurePrimary safety endpointDiffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imagingMajor cerebral arteriesTotal lesion volumeMagnetic resonance imagingSafety endpointIschemic lesionsTAVR proceduresCerebral arteryCerebral circulationConsecutive subjectsPost procedureAortic archHistorical controlsLesion volumeResonance imagingDW-MRIPatients
2013
Clinical implications for diffusion‐weighted MRI brain lesions associated with transcatheter aortic valve replacement
Meller SM, Baumbach A, Brickman AM, Lansky AJ. Clinical implications for diffusion‐weighted MRI brain lesions associated with transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2013, 83: 502-508. PMID: 23460315, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.24904.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscatheter aortic valve replacementAortic valve replacementSilent strokeValve replacementCerebral embolic protection devicesDiffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imagingEmbolic protection devicesCerebral protection devicesMRI brain lesionsPotential therapeutic optionQuality of lifeLong-term cognitive consequencesMagnetic resonance imagingNeurological complicationsAortic stenosisImproved survivalNew lesionsEmbolic lesionsTherapeutic optionsBrain lesionsRisk candidatesCognitive declineResonance imagingClinical implicationsLesions