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Valvular Aortic Valve

Safe for 80-Year-Olds. Should Nonagenarians be Withheld from TAVR?

According to this large global registry, mortality after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is twice as high...

Outpatient Rhythm Monitoring After TAVR Could Save Us from Some Pacemakers?

Delayed high-grade block after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) goes unnoticed in patients undergoing TAVR without prior...

Post TAVR New Onset Left Bundle Branch Block at Long Term: Worth Our Attention?

After post TAVR mean 3-year follow-up, a new onset persistent left bundle branch block (LBBB) was not...

Good News at 3 Years for “Valve-in-Valve”

In this new era, the paradigm to treat the whole spectrum of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)...

EuroPCR 2019 | Most Recent TAVR Meta-Analysis: The Spectrum of Treatment Reaches All Patients

This new meta-analysis combines all randomized transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) vs. surgical aortic valve replacement trials...

EuroPCR 2019 | Leaflex: New Device for Pre-TAVR Calcium Fracture

Researchers behind this small study believe that fracturing the rigid calcium deposits on leaflets with this new...

EuroPCR 2019 | TAVR Durability Offers Certain Guarantees at 8 and 10 Years

It has been 3 years since EuroPCR 2016 and the presentation of the first data on possible...

EuroPCR 2019 | Long-Term Follow-Up for New Left Bundle Branch Block After TAVR Is Reassuring with Certain Precautions

Long-term follow-up of patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and developed left bundle branch block...