Platelet function in patients undergoing surgical and transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a comparative study.

Background: Intervention-induced platelet hypercoagulability may pose a risk of serious adverse events for patients.

Aims: This study aimed to assess whether surgical and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (SAVR and TAVR) differ in periprocedural platelet activity.

Methods: The total number of 24 patients with a mean age (SD) of 71 (13) years who underwent SAVR (n = 12) or TAVR (n = 12) were recruited for the study.

Sensorineural and conductive hearing loss in infants diagnosed in the program of universal newborn hearing screening.

Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze infants diagnosed with sensorineural or conductive hearing deficit and to identify risk factors associated with these defects.

Material And Methods: A retrospective analysis of infants diagnosed with hearing deficit based on the database of the universal newborn hearing screening program and medical records of the patients.

Results: 27 935 infants were covered by the universal neonatal hearing screening program.