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Cerebral Protection Devices during TAVR in the Daily Practice

The theory behind the use of cerebral protection devices during TAVR is good, but hard to test....

TAVR vs. the Least Invasive Surgically Implanted Valve

Rapid-deployment surgically implanted valves are designed to make a surgeons’ job faster and easier, compared with conventional...

The Best Anticoagulant Agent for AF After TAVR

Direct anticoagulant agents were associated with lower long-term mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) discharged after...

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...