I had been proud, at 33, that I never had a scare. I was less proud when two side-by-side tests on the bathtub’s edge ...

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A device designed to remove embolic material—fragments of tissue that can be released into the bloodstream during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)—did not result in a reduction in ...

CHICAGO, IL—A large-scale, randomized trial testing routine cerebral embolic protection during TAVI has once again failed to show the device reduces the risk of stroke. The two trials, which in ...

Cerebral embolic protection (CEP) devices may reduce embolization to the cerebral circulation and hence the incidence of stroke. We conducted a randomized, controlled trial across 33 centers in ...

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 ...