HomeStructural heart diseaseValvular Aortic valve

Valvular Aortic valve

“Ad Hoc” PCI during TAVR: No Impact on Safety or Long Term Outcomes

According to a recent study published in Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions, screening for coronary artery disease (CAD) with an invasive...

Positive Outcomes of CoreValve Evolut in Large Population

The Evolut R, as well as its predecessor the CoreValve, is a self-expandable valve, supra-annular, made of porcine pericardium...

A Simple Electrocardiography to Predict Mortality in TAVR

Conduction abnormalities, such as new left bundle branch block, atrioventricular block, and need for a pacemaker, are...

New Light on the ‘Forsaken Valve’

Tricuspid regurgitation is frequent and mostly secondary to right ventricle and tricuspid annulus dilation. Tricuspid regurgitation has been...

Post TAVR Dialysis: a Severe Complication Less and Less Frequent

The prevalence of pre-procedural kidney failure in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) can be as high as...

Bleeding and Mortality in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is much less invasive than surgical replacement. This is associated with a substantial...

How to standardize frailty in aortic stenosis patients

Frailty is the patient’s diminished capacity to recover after pathological or iatrogenic processes. It has a fundamental...

Incomplete Revascularization Is Associated with Mortality in TAVR

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. TAVR has proven to be beneficial for inoperable and high-risk patients, as well as...