Maria Drakopoulou, Georgios Oikonomou, Anastasios Apostolos, Maria Karmpalioti, Chryssa Simopoulou, Leonidas Koliastasis, George Latsios, Andreas Synetos, Georgios Benetos, George Trantalis, Skevos Sideris, Polychronis Dilaveris, Costas Tsioufis, Konstantinos Toutouzas
BACKGROUND: The presence of an electrocardiographic (ECG) strain pattern-among other ECG features-has been shown to be predictive of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in asymptomatic patients with aortic stenosis. However, data evaluating its impact on symptomatic patients undergoing TAVI are scarce. Therefore, we tried to investigate the prognostic impact of baseline ECG strain pattern on clinical outcomes after TAVI. METHODS: A sub-group of patients of the randomized DIRECT (Pre-dilatation in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Trial) trial with severe aortic stenosis who underwent TAVI with a self-expanding valve in one single center were consecutively enrolled...
May 24, 2023: Life