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Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis, When Should We Intervene?

Data from recent observational randomized studies suggest that most patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis will eventually...

Conscious Versus General Anesthesia in TAVR

Patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) can safely undergo the procedure under...

Post TAVR ASA Monotherapy Consolidates

This meta-analysis to be published in J Am Cardiol supports the use of aspirin monotherapy (ASA) after...

Minimalist TAVR to the Max

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is increasingly being performed under conscious sedation, which is associated with a...

Size Does Matter for Long Term ViV

The size of the original bioprosthetic valve impacts long term mortality, as does the type of bioprosthetic...

TAVR as Anti-Inflammatory? An effect few imagined

We never saw it coming, such a pleiotropic effect: who would have though a mechanical device could...

Considerations for Optimal Device Selection in TAVR

Many studies have tried to answer the question about whether there is a superior device in transcatheter...

TAVR After Endocarditis? Contraindication or Last Resort

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) can be an alternative for aortic valves with endocarditis successfully treated with...