The Extent of Aortic Atherosclerosis Predicts the Occurrence, Severity, and Recovery of Acute Kidney Injury After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

Abstract

Suprarenal aortic atheroma burden is associated with the occurrence, severity, and recovery of AKI after TAVR. This highlights the utility of preoperative assessment of aortic atherosclerosis on multislice computed tomography to identify patients at high-risk for AKI.