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Valvular Aortic Valve

Is Right Ventricle-Pulmonary Artery (RV-PA) Coupling Important in Low Risk TAVR?

TAVR has long been an effective strategy to treat aortic stenosis. However, ventricular damage starts further before...

TCT 2022 | PROTECTED TAVR

Stroke is still a major complication of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), with a 30-day mortality of...

TCT 2022 | Edge-to-Edge Repair in Patients with Severe Mitral Insufficiency and Cardiogenic Shock: Analysis of the TVT Registry

Approximately 1 in 5 patients admitted for cardiogenic shock (CS) were observed to have moderate to severe...

TCT 2022 | CLASP II D TRIAL: Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair for Mitral Regurgitation in Patients at Prohibitive Risk

The CLASP IID study was a prospective randomized study to assess the efficacy and effectiveness of the...

TCT 2022 | FRANCE-TAVI Registry: Small Annuli

The presence of small annuli, defined in this registry as < 23 mm diameter or indexed diameter...

Is the Cause of Mitral Regurgitation Relevant for MitraClip?

Mitral regurgitation (MR) is the most common valvulopathy: it is present in (at least) 7.5% of patients...

Apixaban and Valve Thrombosis after TAVR

TAVR has been associated with early valve thrombosis, characterized by thrombus formation in the prosthetic valve with...

Should We Treat Stroke Percutaneously in TAVR?

Since its inception, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has improved greatly. However, there still are five big...