Cerebral ischemic injury after transcatheter aortic valve replacement in patients with pure aortic regurgitation

Considering the surgical risk stratification for patients with severe calcific aortic stenosis (AS), trans-catheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a reliable alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) (Fan et al., 2020, 2021; Lee et al., 2021). Despite the favorable clinical benefits of TAVR, stroke remains a dreaded perioperative complication (Auffret et al., 2016;Kapadia et al., 2016; Kleiman et al., 2016; Huded et al., 2019).