Swedish Study on STroke After TAVR

Region Skane4,600 enrolled

Overview

This study aims at studying the frequency of late stroke after transcatheter aortic valve replacement/implantation

Since the start of transcatheter aortic valve implnatations/replacements (TAVR/TAVI) implantations in Sweden in 2008 all procedures have been added to a national database, which now contains 5000+ procedures. At the same time, all admissions to the hospital is also recorded with diagnosis in a separate database. We intend to make a nation-wide complete follow up of all TAVR/TAVI patients in swede that has received the diagnosis of stroke after the implantation. In addition data will also be collected from the national stroke database for detailed information of the cases

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

4,600

Conditions

Aortic Valve Disease Stroke

Interventions

TAVRDEVICE

Patient recieving a TAVR

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: All patients that has under TAVR/TAVI in Sweden between 2008 and 2018 Exclusion Criteria: Patients unable to follow up due to emigration or missing social security number Exclusion Criteria: Periprocedural stroke

Locations (1)

Skane University Hospital

Lund, Sweden

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Stroke

Stroke as defined by the national stroke database

Time frame: 5 year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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