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Hydrophilic polymer embolization from coated interventional devices can induce acute transcatheter aortic valve thrombosis, representing a novel procedural complication.
This report identifies a novel risk of acute transcatheter aortic valve thrombosis caused by hydrophilic polymer embolization from coated devices.
Raises caution for coated devices in TAVR; hypothesis-generating for polymer embolization as thrombosis cause.
Hydrophilic polymer coated introducer sheaths and medical devices are widely used in interventional cardiology. Despite the potential procedural advantages that these provide, a risk of polymer embolization has been recently reported. We describe the first reported case of hydrophilic polymer induced acute transcatheter aortic valve thrombosis.
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Sanon et al. (2014) studied this question. Hydrophilic polymer embolization from coated interventional devices can induce acute transcatheter aortic valve thrombosis, representing a novel procedural complication.
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