Post-procedural arterial hypertension: implications for clinical outcome after transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

Background And Aim Of The Study: Persistent arterial hypertension (HT) has been associated with increased morbidity and mortality after surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR). The impact of increased blood pressure (BP) after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has not yet been fully elucidated.

Methods: The mean systolic and diastolic BP after TAVI were calculated from the last 10 non-invasive recordings performed before discharge in 176 patients.