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Valvular Aortic valve

Lower Mismatch Rate with the New Self-Expandable Valves

Prosthesis mismatch (PPM) was introduced by Rahimtoola in 1978 and happens when the effective orifice area of...

AHA 2019 | RECOVERY: Early Surgery in Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis

This small randomized study heated the debate about when to intervene aortic stenosis (AS). Putting off surgical...

Temporal Trends and Outcomes of TAVR in Bicuspids: Are We Any Better?

This large registry has shown bicuspid aortic stenosis (AS) patients have similar mortality with transcatheter aortic valve...

Europe Grants Approval to Balloon-Expandable Valve in Low-Risk Patients; Self-Expanding Valve Still Waiting for It

The balloon-expandable valve has been granted approval in Europe for treatment of the complete risk spectrum of...

Negative Impact of Pulmonary Hypertension in TAVR

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. The presence of pulmonary hypertension (PH) is frequent in severe aortic stenosis. This...

Infective Endocarditis After TAVI

Infective endocarditis after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is one of the most feared complications due to...

Venous Pulmonary Waveforms in MitraClip Have Prognostic Value

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. The MitraClip has been shown to benefit a certain group of patients and...

Prosthesis Mismatch in Supra and Intra Annular valves

The self-expandable valve was associated to lower prosthesis-patient mismatch (PPM) compared against the balloon expandable valve regardless annular...