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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...

Clinical Implications of the New Hypertension Guidelines

Hypertension is the first modifiable risk factor affecting morbidity and mortality in nearly half of the adults...

New Promising Alternatives for Mitral Regurgitation

PASCAL transcatheter valve repair system for mitral regurgitation has shown feasibility and safety to treat patients with...

Next-Day Discharge after TAVR: Equally Safe for All Prosthesis?

Yet scarce, there is evidence supporting next-day discharge (NDD) after TAVR is safe when patients receiving balloon...

Valve-in-Valve with Self-Expanding Prosthesis: What Happens with Gradients at One Year?

Degenerated surgical bioprostheses can be safely treated with CoreValve or CoreValve Evolut using the valve-in-valve procedure. Excellent...

Pulmonary Hypertension: No Reason for TAVR Contraindication

In most severe aortic stenosis patients with pulmonary hypertension, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) reduced pulmonary systolic...

Low-Risk TAVR Trending in All Papers

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in low-risk patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis appears to be safe...