Comparison of pulmonary complications in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation versus open aortic valve replacement.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare the differences in postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement by open repair (OAVR) versus those undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation by the transapical approach (TAVI-A) or transfemoral approach (TAVI-F).

Design: A retrospective review of data from aortic valve replacement patients.

Setting: A private, non-profit hospital.

The fate of [14C]trithiozine in man.

1. Radioactivity of [14C]trithiozine (4-(3,4,5-trimethoxythiobenzoyl)tetrahydro-1,4-oxazine) was recovered quantitatively in the excreta within four days of a single dose (400 mg) given to four human subjects. The urine was the major route of elimination.