Cerebral Embolic Protection Devices in TAVR: All, None, or Selective?

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Center for Heart Valve Disease, Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 5200 Centre Ave, Ste 715, Pittsburgh, PA 15232.
² Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Center for Heart Valve Disease, Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 5200 Centre Ave, Ste 715, Pittsburgh, PA 15232. Electronic address: sultani@upmc.edu.

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Andreas Habertheuer et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Nov.

. 2022 Nov;114(5):1978-1979.

doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.12.032. Epub 2022 Jan 13.

¹ Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Center for Heart Valve Disease, Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 5200 Centre Ave, Ste 715, Pittsburgh, PA 15232.
² Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Center for Heart Valve Disease, Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 5200 Centre Ave, Ste 715, Pittsburgh, PA 15232. Electronic address: sultani@upmc.edu.

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