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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...

TCT 2022 | Edge-to-Edge Repair in Patients with Severe Mitral Insufficiency and Cardiogenic Shock: Analysis of the TVT Registry

Approximately 1 in 5 patients admitted for cardiogenic shock (CS) were observed to have moderate to severe...

TCT 2022 | CLASP II D TRIAL: Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair for Mitral Regurgitation in Patients at Prohibitive Risk

The CLASP IID study was a prospective randomized study to assess the efficacy and effectiveness of the...

TCT 2022 | AMULET IDE: Events at 3 Years Using the AMULET Appendage Closure Device

The aim of this study was to assess the 3-year efficacy for the endpoints of the AMULET...

TCT 2022 | FRANCE-TAVI Registry: Small Annuli

The presence of small annuli, defined in this registry as < 23 mm diameter or indexed diameter...

Is the Cause of Mitral Regurgitation Relevant for MitraClip?

Mitral regurgitation (MR) is the most common valvulopathy: it is present in (at least) 7.5% of patients...

Apixaban and Valve Thrombosis after TAVR

TAVR has been associated with early valve thrombosis, characterized by thrombus formation in the prosthetic valve with...