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Alcohol Septal Ablation and Pacemaker Implantation: Results After 5 Years

Alcohol septal ablation is used to treat patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. A significant complication in this...

We Should Start Considering Pulmonary Hypertension After TAVR

Pulmonary hypertension is associated with higher mortality after both aortic valve replacement and transcatheter aortic valve replacement...

SURTAVI at 5 Years

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) by transfemoral access has shown great benefit for different risk groups, but...

A Simple Score for Mortality and Cardiac Failure after Edge-to-Edge with MitraClip

Mitral regurgitation (MR) is the most frequent type of valve heart disease, and the COAPT has shown...

Prognostic Impact of Acute Kidney Injury Following Tricuspid Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair

Tricuspid failure (TF) mostly affects the elderly and, because of this, is associated with comorbidities that increase...

Prognosis After Pacemaker Implantation in Alcohol Septal Ablation

One of the main complications of alcohol septal ablation (ASA) is the alteration in the conduction system,...

Is Right Ventricle-Pulmonary Artery (RV-PA) Coupling Important in Low Risk TAVR?

TAVR has long been an effective strategy to treat aortic stenosis. However, ventricular damage starts further before...

TCT 2022 | PROTECTED TAVR

Stroke is still a major complication of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), with a 30-day mortality of...