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Loss in Life Expectancy after Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement

This study found after surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) patients had shorter life expectancy, compared against the...

Clinical Implications of the New Hypertension Guidelines

Hypertension is the first modifiable risk factor affecting morbidity and mortality in nearly half of the adults...

New Promising Alternatives for Mitral Regurgitation

PASCAL transcatheter valve repair system for mitral regurgitation has shown feasibility and safety to treat patients with...

5-Year Experience of Appendage Closure: More Evidence that Does Not Translate into Clinical Practice

The use of percutaneous left appendage closure increased 3.6-fold from 2011 to 2015, but this volume increase...

Next-Day Discharge after TAVR: Equally Safe for All Prosthesis?

Yet scarce, there is evidence supporting next-day discharge (NDD) after TAVR is safe when patients receiving balloon...

The Most Read Articles in Interventional Cardiology in SOLACI

1- What to Do with Blood Pressure Levels Between 130/80 and 139/89 mmHg The decision to be made with...

500 Years after What Might Have Been the Start of Modern Cardiology

500 years have passed since Leonardo da Vinci passed away (1452–1519), which is why we believe this...

Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis and TAVR: though Rare, Devastating

On the bright side, the incidence of prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) post TAVR is not higher than...