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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...

Closing off the Appendage While Performing Cardiac Surgery Results in a Reduction in Risk of Embolic Stroke

Closing off the left appendage as an add-on procedure while performing other cardiac surgery in patients with...