TAVI: how to prevent stroke

Session comprising selected EuroPCR 2024 Clinical Case submissions

Facilitators: S. Berti, D. Kahali, N. Buzzatti

Summary

This session focuses on strategies for preventing stroke during TAVI procedures. It features case presentations and discussions on the use of cerebral protection devices, including a novel full-body embolic protection device, and the management of complications such as cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome.

Presentations available when logged in:

  • Cerebral protection for TAVI in a young patient - A case from the NAUTILUS trial
  • TAVI in a severely calcified patient using a novel full-body embolic protection device
  • Embolic stroke after TAVI in a patient with porcelain aorta: how should it be prevented?
  • Concomitant aortic stenosis and bilateral carotid disease. Between Scylla and Charybdis
  • A novel complication of TAVI: cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome