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Further Evidence on Managing Dysfunctioning Bioprostheses with Balloon-Expandable Prostheses

Early experience with the valve-in-valve technique in the treatment of failed bioprosthetic surgical valves in transcatheter aortic...

TAVR: minimalist strategy Is favorable in severe COPD

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. The presence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a criterion for which patients...

TAVR in Intermediate-Risk Patients: Is It as Effective as Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement?

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has proven to be beneficial for extreme- and high-risk...

Bicuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis Still Challenging for TAVR

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava One of the present challenges of TAVR is bicuspid aortic valve stenosis (AS),...

Tricuspid valve repair with the MitraClip technique

Current surgical and medical treatment options for severe tricuspid regurgitation are extremely limited. However, this historically forgotten...

Post TAVR thrombosis, is it more common than we know?

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava Few post TAVR scenarios remain to be analyzed. One of them is post...

Diastolic Dysfunction: Shall We Begin to Assess It?

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. The association between diastolic dysfunction (DD) and aortic insufficiency (AI) after transcatheter aortic valve...

Cardiovascular MR Perfusion Imaging: Good Initial Alternative in Stable Chronic Angina

In the initial management of patients with stable chronic angina, a non-invasive strategy with cardiovascular MR perfusion...