AIMS Cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) are considered among the most serious adverse events after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). The objective of the present study was to evaluate the frequency and timing of CVA after TAVI and to investigate the impact on clinical outcomes within 30 days of the procedure. METHODS AND RESULTS Between August 2007 and October 2011, 389 high-risk e...

During rodent experiments, the caudal ventral artery (CVA) is useful for blood pressure (BP) measurement. However, CVA measurements may not reflect the true BP. This study was performed to verify the site-specific accuracy of invasive arterial BP monitoring during surgery in rats. Invasive arterial BP was simultaneously measured in rats via the CVA and the common carotid artery (CCA). The BP va...

OBJECTIVES Comparison between cerebrovascular accident (CVA) relapse in hypertensive patients with sigmoid interventricular septum (SIS) and CVA relapse in hypertensive patients without SIS. MATERIALS AND METHODS We selected 36 hypertensive patients, all of them complicated with previous CVA; 18 patients had SIS (Group A) and 18 patients didn't have SIS (Group B). The utilized methods were th...

Intestinal epithelial cells continuously migrate and mature along crypt-villus axis (CVA), while the changes in energy metabolism during maturation are unclear in neonates. The present study was conducted to test the hypothesis that the energy metabolism in intestinal epithelial cells would be changed during maturation along CVA in neonates. Eight 21-day-old suckling piglets were used. Intestin...

Previous studies have revealed the role of matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9) in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, its role in airway inflammation in cough variant asthma (CVA) remains unknown. In the present study, variations in the levels of MMP9 and interleukin (IL)-5 in the induced sputum of patients with CVA prior to and following therapy with inhaled cortico...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective study and literature review. OBJECTIVE To provide more comprehensive data about carotid artery injury (CAI) or cerebrovascular accident (CVA) related to anterior cervical spine surgery. METHODS We conducted a retrospective, multicenter, case series study involving 21 high-volume surgical centers from the AOSpine North America Clinical Research Network. Medical rec...

OBJECTIVE Stroke is a major complication after coronary surgery, occurring in 1-4% of the patients. In this study, we evaluate the incidence and pre- and intraoperative risk factors for the development of a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) and the impact of such an event on perioperative mortality and on hospital length of stay. METHODS Data from 4567 patients submitted to isolated coronary art...

BACKGROUND Chronic cough is the only symptom of cough variant asthma (CVA) and atopic cough (AC). Cysteinyl leukotriene receptor antagonists have been shown to be effective in CVA, but there are no reports on their effectiveness in AC. To evaluate the antitussive effect of montelukast, a leukotriene receptor antagonist, in CVA and AC. METHODS Seventy-five patients with chronic cough received ...

The purpose of this study was to determine whether 155 ethnically diverse clients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and stroke (cerebrovascular accident; CVA) who received occupational therapy services perceived that they reached self-identified goals related to tasks of daily life as measured by the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM). This study found that a statistically and cli...