This prospective, randomized study was designed to investigate the benefit of using a Filter-Protection-Device (Claret MontageTM Dual Filter System) during transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) with a Medtronic CoreValve®.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
100
Leipzig Herzzentrum
Leipzig, Germany
Rate and Size of Cerebral Embolism
Primary endpoint ist the rate and the size of cerebral embolism in postinterventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).
Time frame: 2 days after Intervention
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