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EuroPCR 2020 | Aortic Valve in Valve in the Long Term

The outcomes of this work are important to plan valve replacement with the largest possible prosthesis allowed...

EuroPCR 2020 | CLASP: New Device for Mitral Repair with at One Year Follow Up

The CLASP looked into patients treated with the new device for transcatheter mitral repair called PASCAL and...

EuroPCR 2020 | EVOQUE: New Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement System, Promises at Short Term and Future Hope

Transeptal transcatheter mitral valve replacement offers a less invasive alternative vs. surgery and with fewer anatomical limitations...

Contained Annulus Rupture after TAVR: What Should We Do?

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Aortic annulus rupture is a catastrophic event that presents in nearly 0.9% of...

Self-Expanding Valve vs. Balloon-Expandable Valve, Randomized, Head to Head

The “arms race”among transcatheter valves has been vertiginous. By the time we received the mid- or long-term...

Frailty and Bleeding: Impact on Aortic Valve Replacement

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. We are well aware that both transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and surgical...

Leaflet Thickening and Immobility in Evolut Low Risk

Leaflet thickening and immobility caused by thrombosis have been reported for both surgical and transcatheter bioprostheses. This phenomenon...

TAVR: Balloon-Expandable or Self-Expanding Valves, Which Is the Answer?

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has shown benefit and is currently moving towards low-risk...