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Valvular Aortic valve

1000 MitraClips: Results from the World’s Most Experienced Site

In September 2008, interventional physicians at the Heart and Vascular Centre Hamburg conducted the first MitraClip implantation...

Incidence and Prognosis of Heart Valve Embolization

The incidence of peri-procedural transcatheter heart valve embolization and migration (TVEM) is as low as 1%. However,...

Trying to Reduce Post TAVR Kidney Injury

Acute kidney injury is a common complication after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and is associated to...

More Evidence on Tricuspid Valve Repair

While still lacking large-scale randomized trials, evidence is slowly building for transcatheter tricuspid valve repair. This work,...

TAVR Offers Better Quality of Life to Low Risk Patients

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. As we all know, TAVR is gaining ground fast in the lower risk...

TCT 2019 | PARTNER 3: Obvious Short-Term Quality of Life Improvement, but What Happens Afterwards?

Courtesy of SBHCI. Patients with severe aortic stenosis and low surgical risk showed decreased mortality, stroke, and heart...

TCT 2019 | COAPT Cost Effectiveness: Better Quality of Life and Survival Rate, but Worth It?

Courtesy of SBHCI. The COAPT showed transcatheter repair of the mitral valve using the MitraClip resulted in reduced...

TCT 2019 | COAPT at 3 Years: MitraClip Reached Functional Mitral Regurgitation Target

Courtesy of SBHCI. Prognosis of patients with cardiac failure who develop secondary mitral regurgitation due to dilation is...