Pre- and Post TAVI Cognitive Functioning and Intraoperative Carotid Flow Measurements

Catharina Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Older People--Abuse of; Cognitive Impairment; Aortic Stenosis, Severe

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05813353

nWMO-2020.106

Details and patient eligibility

About

Purpose:

1. Measuring and optimize the usability of the BAMCOG (games to measure cognitive functioning)
2. Concurrent validation of BAMCOG with MoCA to see if BAMCOG can serve as a monitoring instrument/screener
3. Determination of carotid flow/cerebral blood flow pre- and post implant of prosthesis of aortic valve by ultrasound doppler measurements

Enrollment: 54 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• > 65 years old
• Scheduled for TAVI surgery
• Able to play games on a tablet
• For usability part > MoCA score of 26 or higher
• Near native dutch speaker

Exclusion criteria

• Mental disorder (unable to play games)
• Alcohol abuse (women <15 and men >22 alcoholic drinks/week)
• No informed consent
• Atrial fibrillitation (for ultrasound doppler)