1. Thrombocytopenia Complicating Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Differences Between Two New-Generation Devices.
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Corcione, Nicola, Romano, Simona, Morello, Alberto, Ferraro, Paolo, Cimmino, Michele, Albanese, Michele, Tufano, Martina, Capasso, Daniela, Buonpane, Salvatore, Giordano, Salvatore, Pepe, Martino, Biondi-Zoccai, Giuseppe, Romano, Maria Fiammetta, and Giordano, Arturo
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Thrombocytopenia after TAVI is common and clinically detrimental. Retrospectively, we observed Portico recipients had a more profound platelet drop than Evolut recipients. We thus investigated periprocedural platelet damage and/orpro-inflammatory state in 64 TAVI recipients at baseline and after implantation. Platelet damage was assessed by annexin V staining and monocyte-phagocytic phenotype was assessed according to CD14/CD36 expression. Serum cytokines were measured in 20 patients. The formaldehyde-based storage solution altered platelets. When, before being loaded onto the delivery system, Portico underwent one additional flushing to those recommended, the receiving patients showed thrombocytopenia, platelet damage, and CD36-monocyte count were mitigated. A general increase in IL-6 was recorded in overall TAVI recipients, but a high serum level of IL-8, a potent thrombocytopenia inducer, was measured in Portico recipients only, including those with extra-rinsed valve. Our study suggests a platelet-injury effect by storage-solution and generates the hypothesis of a role for the biomaterial in stimulating innate-immunity. Larger prospective studies are needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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