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Table 3 Peri-procedural and post-procedural clinical outcomes according to the side of CCA that was used

From: Transcarotid vascular access for transcatheter aortic valve implantation: is choosing the left side always right?

 

Left CCA

(n = 3)

Right CCA

(n = 43)

Peri-procedural outcomes

Balloon-expandable THV

Valve-in-valve TAVI

Conversion to sternotomy

3 (100.0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

43 (100.0)

2 (4.6)

1 (2.3)

Myocardial infarction

0 (0)

1 (2.3)

30-day post-procedural outcomes

All-cause mortality

0 (0)

0 (0)

PPM implantation

0 (0)

3 (7.0)

Stroke or TIA

0 (0)

1 (2.3)

Cardiac tamponade

Major vascular complication

Life-threatening bleeding

Acute kidney injury

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (2.3)

1 (2.3)

2 (4.6)

2 (4.6)

  1. Results are expressed as n (%). CCA: common carotid artery, THV: transcatheter heart valve, TAVI: transcatheter aortic valve implantation, PPM: permanent pacemaker, TIA: transient ischemic attack