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TAVR in Patients with Pure vs. Mixed Aortic Stenosis: Benefits and Evolution

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has been proven to reduce mortality and improve the...

Small Aortic Annulus: What Valve Should We choose?

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava Surgical aortic valve replacement in a small annulus (<400 mm2) is associated with...

New Self-Expanding Valve Measures Up Against Sapien 3

Both balloon-expandable and self-expanding valves have been tested in randomized studies, with excellent outcomes. While both technologies...

Lung Disease and TAVR: Beneficial for a Reduced Group of Patients

Chronic Lung Disease often affects patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) or surgery. In...

Here you will find the last news about TAVR

1) New Study Confirms TAVR Durability at 5 Years The ADVANCE study was designed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness...

Mitral Valve Repair with MitraClip Is Safe in High-Risk Patients

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Transcatheter mitral valve repair with MitraClip has shown good results in symptomatic patients...

TCT 2017 | The TRI-REPAIR and the FORMA Trials: New Devices for the “Forgotten Valve”

Courtesy of SBHCI. Two new transcatheter treatments for severe or massive functional tricuspid regurgitation have showed good results...

TCT 2017 | INTREPID: Mitral Replacement with a Self-Expanding Device

Courtesy of the SBHCI. Intrepid is a 43-, 46-, and 50-mm nitinol self-expanding valve with bovine pericardial leaflets...