Duplexsonographic Examination of the waveform of the common carotid arteries before and after TAVI

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: I35; Nonrheumatic aortic valve disorders

• Registration Number: DRKS00033286
• Lead Sponsor: RWTH Uniklinik Aachen

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-06-20
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

1. >18
2. Patients with a diagnosis of severe aortic valve stenosis and elective planned TAVI surgery
3. COVID-19 not an exclusion criterion, but no specific inclusion criterion
4. Patients agree to be informed of a finding requiring treatment.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Pregnant women
2. Patients with mainly trauma and/or fractures of the cervical spine; Neck injuries; wounds and/or impaired wound healing and/or inflammation in the neck area; neck surgery in the last 30 days; Contraindication to head rotation.
3. Presence and location of large vessel occlusion (from CT angiography findings)
4. Patients for whom a delay in routine further treatment is foreseeable due to the duplex sonographic examination
5. Lack of consent and/or lack of ability to consent by the patient

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Carotid duplexsonography up to 5 days before and after the Operation (TAVI) bei Patients with ortic valve stenosis

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
assessing of the severity grade aortic valve stenosis through carotid duplexsonography