Gentler Heart Surgery may Prevent Onset of Dementia

Previous research has indicated that aortic valve stenosis is the most frequent heart valve defect of older people in Europe. It is usually caused by increasing calcification of this important valve. In patients at high and excessive risk, conventional cardiac surgery is often no therapeutic option. For these patients, transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) remains the only opportunity. However, this procedure often leads to a crumbling and spreading of ...