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Structural heart disease

Conscious Sedation in TAVR: Is It Advisable?

The fundamental advantage offered by transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has always been the fact that it...
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Peripheral vascular disease

The need for dialysis after TAVR increases mortality

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Stage III or higher renal impairment is frequent before TAVR, and the need for...
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Structural heart disease

Pacemaker Implantation After TAVI Raises Costs But Not the Incidence of Adverse Events

This new meta-analysis did not manage to prove whether permanent pacemaker implantation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)...
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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

“Ad Hoc” PCI during TAVR: No Impact on Safety or Long Term Outcomes

According to a recent study published in Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions, screening for coronary artery disease (CAD) with an invasive...
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Structural heart disease

Positive Outcomes of CoreValve Evolut in Large Population

The Evolut R, as well as its predecessor the CoreValve, is a self-expandable valve, supra-annular, made of porcine pericardium...
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Structural heart disease

A Simple Electrocardiography to Predict Mortality in TAVR

Conduction abnormalities, such as new left bundle branch block, atrioventricular block, and need for a pacemaker, are...
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Structural heart disease

Post TAVR Dialysis: a Severe Complication Less and Less Frequent

The prevalence of pre-procedural kidney failure in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) can be as high as...
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Structural heart disease

Bleeding and Mortality in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is much less invasive than surgical replacement. This is associated with a substantial...
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