Aortic stenosis natural history, complications and prognosis
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Complications
- Vascular complications are most common thus suture (Perclose) or Angioseal closure after the procedure in this tenuous patient population is preferable
- It follows that attention to meticulous access technique is mandatory
- Antegrade approach ie venous access with transseptal approach can be done in select patients, however, hemodynamic effects of mitral valve incompetence as a stiff wire is placed across the mitral valve are often poorly tolerated; mitral valve injury has been reported in this approach
Prognosis
30% reduction in gradient is expected as the immediate result Patient survival after repeat BAV is higher than that of untreated patients.