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Valvular Aortic valve

Europe Advances the Transcaval Approach for TAVR

The transfemoral access is clearly the preferred approach to transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), followed by the...

Treating Both Atrial Valves Improves Survival

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. There a few treatment options for tricuspid valve disease. It is practically limited...

PASCAL in Tricuspid Regurgitation with Encouraging Results

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is associated with higher mortality and morbidity, and it most...

Percutaneous Annuloplasty in Functional Mitral Regurgitation vs. Sham Procedure

In cases where it is difficult to demonstrate the improvement of a drug or a device in...

Unilateral Vascular Access in TAVR: Our Main Procedure, Increasingly Minimalist

There has been a significant decline in vascular complications in the last few years due to improvements...

Pre-TAVR Revascularization: Angiographic or Physiological?

In patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), fractional flow reserve (FFR) guided revascularization is associated with...

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...