Management of Fluid Overload in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis (EASE-TAVR)
Recent publication
Researchers assess the effect of using bioelectrical impedance analysis to measure increased fluid overload in the body in patients with severe heart valve defects. Specifically, a randomised controlled trial compared hospitalisations for heart failure, deaths, and changes after one year, between two experimental groups and a control group. While in one study group fluid overload was assessed based on clinical judgement, in the other study group fluid overload was measured using bioelectrical impedance analysis after transcatheter aortic valve replacement. The effect of the additional measurement on both the quality of life of the patients and the success of the treatment was evaluated. The Clinical Divisions of Internal Medicine 1 and 3 of the KL University Hospital St. Pölten were involved in the study, which was published open access in the journal ‘JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions’.
Halavina, K, Koschutnik, M, Donà, C, Autherith, M, Petric, F, Röckel, A, Spinka, G, Danesh, D, Puchinger, J, Wiesholzer, M, Mascherbauer, K, Heitzinger, G, Dannenberg, V, Koschatko, S, Jantsch, C, Winter, M-P, Goliasch, G, Kammerlander, AA, Bartko, PE, Hengstenberg, C, Mascherbauer, J & Nitsche, C 2024, 'Management of Fluid Overload in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis (EASE-TAVR): A Randomized Controlled Trial', JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, vol. 17, no. 17, pp. 2054-2066. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2024.06.022
Dr. Daryush Danesh
Division of Internal Medicine 3 (University Hospital St. Pölten)
Prim. Clin. Ass. Prof. Dr. Martin Friedrich Wiesholzer
Division of Internal Medicine 1 (University Hospital St. Pölten)
