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Possible predicative role of electrical risk score on transcatheter aortic valve replacement outcomes in older patients. preliminary data

Background:Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is an effective procedure capable to change the natural history of the degenerative aortic valve stenosis. Despite the TAVR, the patients with advanced valve disease and severe myocardial damage (low flow, gradient and ejection fraction)show high mortality level. Aim of this study was toevaluate the predicative power of a noninvasive and inexpensive test obtained by means of a simple standard 12-leads electrocardiogram,known as the Electrical Risk Score (ERS).

Age, gender and drug therapy influences on Tpeak-tend interval and on electrical risk score

Background and objectives: Electrical risk score (ERS) has been proposed as easy, inexpensive test to stratify of
sudden cardiac death (SCD) risk in subjects with normal left ventricular function. Potentially, aging, gender
and drugs can influence ERS affecting two on six electrical markers, particularly, those based on the repolarization.
Aim of this study was to establish aging, gender and drug therapy possible influences on ERS and mortality
in elderly patients.