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Low risk patients: TAVI or surgical replacement?

Original Title: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Compared With Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients. Reference: Stefano Rosato...

Hemodynamic assessment of post TAVR aortic regurgitation

Original Title: Hemodynamic Assessment of Aortic Regurgitation after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement - The Diastolic Pressure-Time Index. Reference:...

Favorable Outcomes with New Generation Transcatheter Heart Valves in Bicuspids

Original Title: Bicuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis Favorable Early Outcomes UIT a Next-Generation Transcatheter Heart Valve in a...

Occupational Hazzard in the Cath Lab

Original Title: Occupational Health Risks in Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Workers. Reference: Maria Grazia Andreassi et al. Circ Cardiovasc...

TAVI in asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis?

Original Title: Natural history, diagnostic approaches, and therapeutic strategies for patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis. Reference: Généreux...

Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve in valve

Original Title: Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve-in-Valve Implantation for the Treatment of Dysfunctional Surgical Bioprosthetic Valve. An International, Multicenter...

MitraClip: Should we prescribe it earlier?

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Patients with severe mitral regurgitation unfit for surgery due to high surgical risk...

TAVR with Sapien XT: similar to surgical replacement in intermediate risk patients

Original Title: Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement in Intermediate-Risk Patients. PARTNER 2A. Reference: Martin B. Leon et al....