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Valvular Aortic valve

How can we classify aortic stenosis in patients who underwent TAVR?

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Aortic stenosis can present different hemodynamic patterns, such as low flow and low gradient with...

Increasing operator experience improves TAVR outcomes

The introduction of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) into clinical practice in the United States has been...

Lotus Valve performance related to pacemaker implantation in patients after TAVR

Courtesy of Dr. Agustín Vecchia. Paravalvular leak was once considered the greatest disadvantage of TAVR when compared to conventional surgery. Nowadays,...

MitraClip: Should We Intervene Earlier?

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Repairing the mitral valve with Mitraclip has become an alternative for high risk or inoperable symptomatic patients,...

Post-dilation in TAVI associated to more stroke and more paravalvular regurgitation

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Moderate/severe paravalvular regurgitation (PVR) after TAVR is present in 10%-14% of all cases, according to different...

Transcatheter valve replacement in the bicuspid valve is increasingly performed, but challenges remain

As experience increases, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has expanded to different populations and anatomies. This study sought to...

Incidence, characteristics, and treatment of valve thrombosis after TAVR

Certain studies have carried out a tomographic follow-up of patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and described...

SENTINEL study: cerebral protection during TAVR

Neurological complications during and after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) are probably the only event whose incidence...