Study Evaluates Patients With Kidney Disease After Undergoing TAVR
By Cardiac Interventions Today
October 16, 2017—The American College of Cardiology (ACC) announced the publication of a study demonstrating a relatively low rate of patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) who eventually need to start dialysis. The study was published by James W. Hansen, DO, et al in Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC): Cardiovascular Interventions (2017;10:2064–2075).
According to the ACC, the new findings may allow doctors to be more aggressive with their care of patients who previously may not have been considered good candidates for TAVR because of their underlying kidney disease…
