A device designed to remove embolic material-fragments of tissue that can be released into the bloodstream during ...

Using cerebral embolic protection devices during transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) procedures does not reduce a ...

Experts are dismayed, disappointed, and confused, but many say this isn’t the end of cerebral embolic protection for TAVI.

Incidence of stroke within 72 hours after TAVI or before discharge, if sooner, came out a similar 2.1% with and 2.2% without ...

Researchers have found in a new study that oral anticoagulants OAC-naive patients experienced a smaller increase in stroke or ...

“In our population, a routine strategy of cerebral embolic protection did not reduce the rate of stroke. Our study provides convincing evidence that there is no value in the routine use of this ...

Cerebral embolic protection (CEP) devices are designed to stop this debris reaching the brain, and they have been suggested as a solution to reduce stroke risk for TAVI patients. However, evidence ...

Transcatheter aortic-valve implantation (TAVI) is associated with procedure-related stroke. Cerebral embolic protection (CEP) devices may reduce embolization to the cerebral circulation and hence ...