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Do Short- and Long-Term Results of Left Atrium Appendage Closure Differ Between Men and Women?

Left atrium appendage closure (LAAC) is a major strategy to prevent stroke in patients with nonvalvular atrial...

Left Atrial Appendage Closure Is a Valid Option

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most frequent arrhythmia in patients >55 years old and is related to...

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,...