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Liver Failure as a Challenge for TAVR

Although surgical risk scores do not include liver failure (LF), patients who suffer from it and undergo...

TAVR with Prior MRS: A New Challenge

The benefits of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for high-risk, prohibitive-risk (class I) or intermediate-risk (class IIa) patients have...

Bicuspid Valves Do Not Increase Mortality in TAVR

The frequency of bicuspid aortic valves (BcAV) are around 1%, but in 60+ patients it is associated...

Significant Association Between Suprarenal Fixation of Endoprostheses and Renal Dysfunction

According to this meta-analysis, soon to be published in Eur. J. Vasc. Endovasc. Surg., endovascular abdominal aortic...

Constrictive Pericarditis After Pericardiocentesis

All interventional cardiologists must be able to perform a pericardiocentesis. Whether we deal with a chronic total...

Stroke, Migraine and Patent Foramen Ovale Not Necessarily Temporary Associated

Cryptogenic stroke patients with migraine have high prevalence (79%) of patent foramen ovale (PFO) with right to...

We Should Consider Mitral Stenosis Before TAVR

The association between aortic stenosis and some degree of mitral stenosis (MS) is around 10% (depending on...

Morbidity and Mortality During Authorization Wait-Times for TAVR

For this Canada-based study, the increased number of patients who required a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)...