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ESC 2019 | MITRA-FR: 2-Year Outcomes of One of the Largest Studies on MitraClip

Negative one-year outcomes of Mitra-FR led to several discussions and hypothesis, especially after the COAPT was published...

Experts Reach Consensus on Post TAVR Pacemaker Indication

This new consensus published this week in J Am Coll Cardiol has provided us with an algorithm...

Can We Treat Severe Residual Mitral Regurgitation after MitraClip without Surgery?

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Edge to edge with MitraClip was shown effective and safe, and its outcomes...

Physiological and Clinical Changes After Tricuspid Repair

After the recent announcement by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) green-lighting transcatheter aortic valve replacement...

Impact of Edge to Edge Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Repair

Reducing tricuspid regurgitation with transcatheter valve repair is associated to improved liver function, which is often ignored...

Surgery to Improve Survival in Isolated Tricuspid Regurgitation

Patients with isolated tricuspid regurgitation (i.e., who have no associated left-sided valve disease) are frequently treated conservatively....

FDA Expands TAVR Indication to Low-Risk Patients

Both the self-expandable valve Evolut R and its direct competitor, balloon-expandable valve Sapien 3, received the authorization...

Loss in Life Expectancy after Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement

This study found after surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) patients had shorter life expectancy, compared against the...