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Ten Commandments for 2021 Guidelines on Valvular Heart Disease

Since the latest version to the Valvular Heart Disease Guidelines from the European Society of Cardiology, plenty...

AHA 2021 | PALACS: Posterior Left Pericardiotomy Improves Post-Procedural AF

Posterior left pericardiotomy for the prevention of atrial fibrillation during cardiac surgery seems to significantly reduce atrial...

AHA 2021 | AVATAR: Early Intervention in Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis

Early surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in patients with severe asymptomatic aortic stenosis can be beneficial in...

TAVR vs Sutureless Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients

Sutureless surgical aortic valve replacement (SU-SAVR) has been designed to make surgical valve replacement easier and faster,...

AMULET IDE: New Research Compares WatchMan and Amulet Devices Providing New Evidence

Recently, at the TCT Congress results from the SWISS-APERO study comparing Watchman and Amulet devices were presented....

TCT 2021 | SWISS-APERO: Difference in Leaks between the Amulet and the Watchman

The Amplatzer Amulet (Abbott) achieves better left atrial appendage closure than the Watchman 2.5 and Watchman FLX...

TCT 2021 | SURTAVI: Good News for the Self-Expandable Valve at 5 Years

After a 5-year followup, the transcatheter aortic replacement (TAVR) with the self-expandable valve has offered clinical outcomes...

Is Troponin Elevation After TAVR Related to Mortality?

Troponins have long had diagnostic value not only for infarction. Their ability to predict mortality is well...