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SMART Trial: What is the Best Valve for Small Annuli?

Transcatheter aortic valve intervention (TAVI) has been shown beneficial over the years. However, a significant subgroup of...

ACC 2024 | ORBITA-COSMIC

Coronary sinus reduction (CSR) is a relevant area of study for the treatment of refractory angina, with...

ACC 2024 | SMART Trial: Self-Expanding or Balloon-Expandable TAVR in Patients with Small Aortic Annulus

Patients with severe aortic stenosis and a small aortic annulus face an increased risk of deteriorated valvular...

ACC 2024 | DEDICATE Trial: Transcatheter or Surgical Treatment of Aortic Valve Stenosis

In recent years, TAVR has been increasingly used; however, when it comes to younger, lower risk patients,...

Temporal Trends in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Isolated Severe Aortic Stenosis

A study by the Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Group Consortium recently published online identified all patients...

ACC 2024 | RELIEVE-HF

Heart failure is characterized by increased left atrial filling pressure and venous congestion which intensify with exercise...

TAVR in the Different Types of Aortic Stenosis

Aortic stenosis (AS) is classified according to gradient into high flow and high gradient (D1), low flow-low...

Transcatheter Myotomy for the Treatment of the Dynamic Obstruction of the Left Ventricular Outflow Tract

Septal reduction therapies are used to mitigate the symptoms caused by dynamic left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT)...