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Low-Flow Aortic Stenosis: What is the Value of Valve Calcification in its Interpretation?

Delays in the treatment of symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS) reduce prognosis, especially in elderly patients. Accurate assessment...

TAVR vs SAVR in Los Risk Patients: 10-Year Outcomes of the NOTION Trial

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has revolutionized the treatment of patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS). Randomized...

Third Generation Balloon-Expandable and Self-Expanding Valves: TAVR Meta- Analysis

TAVR’s significant advance has driven the development of valve technology, which is currently in its third generation.  Even...

EuroPCR 2024 | Self-Expanding Valves (ACURATE Neo2) vs. Balloon-Expandable Valves (Sapien 3 Ultra): 1-Year Follow-up Results

Comparing different transcatheter heart valves (THVs) is necessary to obtain relevant information that facilitates the selection of...

EuroPCR 2024 | NOTION-2: TAVI vs SAVR, Randomized Study on Low-Risk Young Patients with Severe Tricuspid Disease or Bicuspid Stenosis

Many of the studies comparing TAVR against SAVR in low risk patients included patients between 70-75 years,...

EuroPCR 2024 | OBSERVANT II: TAVR in the “Real World”

This study analyzed 2,493 “real world” patients, 1,352 receiving the Evolut R/Pro, 675 the SAPIEN, 3,270 the...

EuroPCR 2024 | SOLVE-TAVI: Self Expanding or Balloon Expandable Valves?

This was a randomized study with 447 patients carried out to compare the 5-year evolution of TAVR...

Aortic Stenosis Progression Evolution

Aortic stenosis is an increasingly common valvulopathy because people are living longer now. A present, the main...