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Valvular Aortic valve

Bundle Branch Block and Need for Permanent Pacemaker, a Major Challenge after TAVR

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. The development of new valves for TAVR and the increased experienced of operators...

TAVR Is Feasible and Offers Good Outcomes in Patients with Cancer

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Oncology patients have been excluded from all studies, but many of them have...

Percutaneous Closure Systems Are Safe in TAVR and Aneurysms

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Currently, one of our medical challenges is to conduct procedures requiring access with large...

Is Individual Operator Experience Important in TAVR?

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has emerged as a successful alternative for inoperable patients...

More Evidence for the “Forgotten Valve.” Results from the TriValve Registry

Transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement is feasible with different devices, with a reasonable procedural success rate, and is...

Acute Coronary Syndromes After TAVR: Frequent and Not All Undergo Coronary Angiography

Approximately 10% of patients who undergo transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) are readmitted for an acute coronary...

Continuous Monitoring of Left Atrial Pressure during MitraClip, Regardless Echocardiography

The aim of this study was to assess the use of measuring left atrial pressure to complement...

Balloon-Expandable vs. Self-Expanding: To Each Valve Its Own Annulus

The former generation of valves, the balloon expandable (Sapien XT), was associated to less paravalvular leak than...