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How can we classify aortic stenosis in patients who underwent TAVR?

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Aortic stenosis can present different hemodynamic patterns, such as low flow and low gradient with...
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Structural heart disease

Increasing operator experience improves TAVR outcomes

The introduction of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) into clinical practice in the United States has been...
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Carotid

Protection Systems Reduce Stroke and Mortality in Carotid Artery Stenting

So far, the main controlled randomized studies have almost exclusively been aimed at comparing the efficacy and...
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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

MRS vs. DES: Which one is associated with better long-term quality of life?

The SYNTAX (Synergy Between Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Taxus and Cardiac Surgery) trial, which included patients with...
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Coronary disease

In which patients should we attempt chronic total occlusion rechanneling?

Although chronic total occlusion (CTO) is a common finding, there is little consensus as to when such lesions should...
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Structural heart disease

Lotus Valve performance related to pacemaker implantation in patients after TAVR

Courtesy of Dr. Agustín Vecchia. Paravalvular leak was once considered the greatest disadvantage of TAVR when compared to conventional surgery. Nowadays,...
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Coronary disease

Successful CTO reduces local and remote residual ischemia

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. The presence of Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) is about 30%, with an ischemic threshold between...
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Antiplatelet

Post DES Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Still under Debate

The NIPPON trial (Nobori Dual Antiplatelet Therapy as Appropriate Duration) was a randomized study comparing a short dual...
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