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Silent Stroke During TAVR and Early Cognitive Impairment

Silent stroke is common after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Co-morbidities such as diabetes or chronic renal...

SCOPE I: Acurate NEO vs Sapien 3, no non-inferiority at one year?

The randomized controlled study SCOPE 1 failed to show significant differences at one year between the self-expandable...

Surgeons’ Claim on Low-Risk Patients with Aortic Stenosis

Recent randomized trials including low-risk patients showed positive results for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) compared with...

High Deployment: Also Trending with Balloon Expandable Valves

Conventional implantation of balloon expandable SAPIEN-3 results in a final 70:30 or 80:20 ratio of the valve...

Cusp Overlap for Higher CoreValve Implantation

Implant depth greater than the length of the membranous septum is an independent predictor of permanent pacemaker...

TAVR in Low-Risk Patients: Though still Superior, with Diminished Advantage after 2 Years.

At two-year followup, primary end point continued to be significantly lower with Sapien 3 vs. conventional surgery,...

AAS vs Warfarin in Low Risk TAVR

We are still discussing the adequate antithrombotic scheme after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Additionally, we are...

Improvements in COAPT Trial for Functional Mitral Regurgitation

Patients with heart failure and moderate-to-severe secondary mitral regurgitation may benefit from transcatheter mitral valve repair. There...