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TCT 2018 | REDUCE-FMR: Indirect Annuloplasty in Secondary Mitral Regurgitation

Prior studies such as the AMADEUS, TITAN or TITAN II have shown reduction of mitral valve regurgitation...

TCT 2018 | PORTICO-I: One Year Follow-Up for the Self-Expandable Reposisionable Valve

This study was simultaneously presented at TCT and published at JACCE, and it aims at showing the...

TCT 2018 | NEOPRO: A Registry for Acurate neo and Evolut PRO

The purpose of this registry was to compare short-term clinical events and echocardiographic findings in two self-expanding...

TCT 2018 | PARTNER 2 Valve-in-Valve: Clinical and Hemodynamic Results Maintained in the Long Term

The 1-year follow-up for this study was published last year in JACC, and it showed that transcatheter...

New Atrial Fibrillation After TAVR Indicates Prognosis

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has emerged as an important treatment alternative for intermediate-...

Mitral Valve Repair in Patients with Cardiac Failure

The mitral valve is a complex apparatus dependent on left atrium and left ventricle functionality. Dilation of...

Aortic Stenosis with Normal Flow Low Gradient: Should We Intervene or Wait?

Symptomatic patients with <1 cm² aortic valve area will benefit from an intervention regardless parameters such as...

TAVR Post-dilation Is Safe

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Numerous studies have shown that the presence of aortic regurgitation after TAVR is...