Research Article
Does Aortic Arch Anatomy Affect Stroke Laterality in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation?
| | Characteristics | Right-sided stroke n = 26 | Left-sided stroke n = 51 | value |
| | Age, years (median, range) | 80.4 (64.0–94.0) | 79.4 (52.0–90.0) | 0.586 | | Female, n (%) | 18 (69.2) | 29 (56.9) | 0.332 | | Body mass index, kg/m2 (median, range) | 27.1 (19.7–46.8) | 26.5 (19.6–53.8) | 0.779 | | Diabetes mellitus type II, n (%) | 6 (23.1) | 15 (29.4) | 0.601 | | Dyslipidemia, n (%) | 22 (84.6) | 38 (74.5) | 0.392 | | Arterial hypertension, n (%) | 24 (92.3) | 49 (96.1) | 0.600 | | Atrial fibrillation, n (%) | 7 (26.9) | 17 (33.3) | 1.000 | | History of stroke, n (%) | 5 (19.2) | 8 (15.7) | 0.752 | | Peripheral arterial disease, n (%) | 3 (11.5) | 12 (23.5) | 0.243 | | Chronic kidney disease, n (%) | 6 (23.1) | 17 (33.3) | 0.435 | | Coronary artery disease, n (%) | 15 (57.7) | 34 (66.7) | 0.463 | | Left ventricular ejection fraction ≤50%, n (%) | 7 (26.9) | 14 (27.5) | 1.000 | | EuroSCORE II (median, range) | 3.1 (1.1–22.0) | 3.6 (1.2–19.6) | 0.294 | | Society of thoracic surgeons score (median, range) | 3.1 (1.2–19.5) | 2.9 (1.2–17.1) | 0.718 |
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