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Avatar Trial: Is It Time to Use Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Asymptomatic Patients?

It is still unclear whether surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) is beneficial in asymptomatic patients with severe...

ACC 2022 | CLASP TR Study: Tricuspid Valve Repair with the PASCAL Device

The study included 65 patients who received endovascular treatment of the tricuspid valve with the PASCAL device....

ACC 2022 | ADAPT-TAVR: Endoxaban Is Not Superior to DAPT After TAVR

DAPT-TAVR is a randomized trial that tested endoxaban in patients with no indication for anticoagulation who underwent...

ACC 2022 | APOLLO

Lipoprotein a (Lp a) is an important risk factor for atherothrombosis and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, but it...

TRICENTO: Promising Results for Severe Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation

Difficult to treat, tricuspid valve failure poses great medical challenge. In addition, the mortality rate of surgical...

Low Risk Patients: TAVR with Self-Expanding Valves Offers Similar Outcomes to Surgery Based on a Bayesian Analysis?

When compared against surgical valve replacement (SAVR) transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has shown benefits across different...

Are Self-Expandable Valves a Valid Option in Bicuspids?

Bicuspid Aortic Valves (VAV) are challenging for TAVR given its anatomical characteristics and the important presence of...

Are Expandable-Balloon Valves an Option for the Bicuspid Valve in Low-Risk Patients?

Bicuspid aortic valve malformation is the most frequent cardiac malformation (about 1%), and a significant percentage of...