Adjunctive Imaging for Optimal Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

The TEE-GA group. A total of 120 patients were matched for each groups, and the primary outcome, defined as all-cause mortality, rehospitalization for cardiovascular cause, or stroke at 1-year, was similar between the 2 groups. More than moderate paravalvular regurgitation, groups. Due to the non-randomized nature and small sized cohort of this study, we should characteristics before the matching process, the two cohorts were distinct; the TEE-GA group seemed to include more ill patients, which is easy to understand. Moreover, the similar rates of significant paravalvular regurgitation in despite less frequent postdilation in the ICE-MAC group can also be partially explained by the lower-risk in this group. But still, from the study results, we can appreciate that ICE may be an alternative imaging modality for TAVI, without