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Temporal Trends and Outcomes of TAVR in Bicuspids: Are We Any Better?

This large registry has shown bicuspid aortic stenosis (AS) patients have similar mortality with transcatheter aortic valve...

Europe Grants Approval to Balloon-Expandable Valve in Low-Risk Patients; Self-Expanding Valve Still Waiting for It

The balloon-expandable valve has been granted approval in Europe for treatment of the complete risk spectrum of...

Negative Impact of Pulmonary Hypertension in TAVR

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. The presence of pulmonary hypertension (PH) is frequent in severe aortic stenosis. This...

Infective Endocarditis After TAVI

Infective endocarditis after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is one of the most feared complications due to...

Venous Pulmonary Waveforms in MitraClip Have Prognostic Value

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. The MitraClip has been shown to benefit a certain group of patients and...

Prosthesis Mismatch in Supra and Intra Annular valves

The self-expandable valve was associated to lower prosthesis-patient mismatch (PPM) compared against the balloon expandable valve regardless annular...

Meta-Analysis of Large TAVR Studies on Low-Risk: Evidence is Consistent

This meta-analysis which included the 4 large randomized studies on transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) vs surgical...

1000 MitraClips: Results from the World’s Most Experienced Site

In September 2008, interventional physicians at the Heart and Vascular Centre Hamburg conducted the first MitraClip implantation...