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Virtual ACC 2020 | PARTNER 3: TAVR vs CABG in Low Risk at 2 Years

The 2-year outcomes in patients with severe aortic stenosis and low surgical risk continue to show a...

Virtual ACC 2020 | COAPT: Better Quality of Life Translates into Harder End-Points

After transcatheter mitral valve repair with MitraClip, the COAPT patients saw improved quality of life, better survival...

Virtual ACC 2020 | Unlike in TAVR, the Number of Mitral Valve Surgeries Does Not Improve the Outcomes of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repairs

Soon, our website will feature an interesting study showing that sites with a higher number of conventional...

Virtual ACC 2020 | Conscious Sedation in TAVR

According to the TVT Registry, patients who undergo transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with conscious sedation have...

TAVR in Extremely Large Annuli: Different Patients Might Need Different Prostheses

Nearly all prostheses for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) commercially available at present are adequate for most...

TAVR in Small Annuli: Is There a Better Valve?

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement with the self-expandable valves has shown optimal clinical and electrocardiographic results in patients...

Europe Advances the Transcaval Approach for TAVR

The transfemoral access is clearly the preferred approach to transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), followed by the...

Treating Both Atrial Valves Improves Survival

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. There a few treatment options for tricuspid valve disease. It is practically limited...