The presence of small annuli, defined in this registry as < 23 mm diameter or indexed diameter <12 mm/m2 by CT, continues to be one of the greatest challenges of both surgical and endovascular aortic valve treatments. The FRANCE-TAVI Registry looked at 1,195 patients presenting small annuli. 895 (74.9%) received balloon expandable valves (BEV) and...
Primary vs Secondary Retrograde Approach in CTO: Differences
Successful chronic total occlusion procedures are on the rise, especially in high volume centers, seeing as they count on more sophisticated materials and different techniques, such the retrograde approach. However, the significant increase of success rate with this technique has also brought along an increase in associated complications. The aim of this study was to...
Structural: Selected Topics in TAVI | SOLACI-SOCIME 2022
✔️ MITRAL VALVE Session ✔️ SOLACI-SOCIME 2022 Scientific Session 👨🏫 Content: 00:09 – Welcoming Words – Dr. Jorge Cortés (MEX) 01:16 – TAVR for aortic regurgitation – Dr. Raj Makkar (USA) 18:53 – Reduced leaflet motion: the real clinical impact – Dr. Ole de Backer (DNK) 34:17 – TAVR in bicuspid aortic valve: Clinical evidence...
SOLACI-SOCIME 2022 – MITRAL VALVE Session
✔️ MITRAL VALVE Session ✔️ SOLACI-SOCIME 2022 Scientific Session 👨🏫 Content: 00:07 – Welcoming Words- Dr. Guering Eid Lidt (MEX) 01:26 – Mitral valve replacement – Dr. Ignacio Amat (ESP) 18:15 – Transcatheter treatment of mitral valve regurgitation – Dr. Luis Nombela Franco (ESP) 34:57 – Mitral valve-in-valve – Dr. Guering Eid Lidt (MEX)
Balloon expandable vs Self-Expanding Valves: The Best Option for ViV-TAVR in Small Annuli
TAVR has consolidated as an increasingly valid alternative to treat failed surgical aortic valve bioprostheses. One of the major challenges it presents is patients with small annuli treated with a surgical bioprosthesis. There is little data available about this scenario. A few observational studies have shown what appears to be a hemodynamic advantage of...
MitraClip in Patients with COPD: a Valid Option
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cardiovascular disease are associated to hospitalization and mortality. When associated to severe mitral regurgitation, not only do these two conditions have poor evolution, but they also limit the possibility of surgical valve replacement, given its high risk. Edge-to-edge repair with MitraClip has been shown beneficial in a group of...
Non-Cardiac Surgery After TAVR Is Safe
There are increasingly more patients who have undergone transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and require a non-cardiac intervention, or patients with other diseases who need surgery and are diagnosed with aortic stenosis. In addition, on many occasions, surgery must be performed as soon as possible (as in cases of cancer) or is an emergency procedure....
The Best of the SOLACI-SOCIME 2022 Main Arena: Structural—Selected Topics of TAVR
On the last session from day 1 of SOLACI-SOCIME 2022 on structural pathology, Dr. Raj Makkar, an international expert on the subject, talked about transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in pure aortic regurgitation (AR), which presents several implantation challenges, such as insufficient anchoring, embolization, residual regurgitation, ring rupture, etc. As opposed to patients with aortic...
The Best of the SOLACI-SOCIME 2022 Main Arena: Mitral Valve
During the “Mitral Valve” session (on the first day of the SOLACI-SOCIME 2022 Congress), Dr. Ignacio Amat Santos (SPA) delivered a great talk on transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR). During his presentation, he discussed different scenarios for transcatheter replacement: mitral valve-in-vale, mitral valve-in-ring, mitral valve in MAC, and new devices for non-calcified native valves. When...
The Best of the Main Arena at SOLACI-SOCIME 2022: TAVR Complex Anatomy
In the transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) session we had a presentation by Dr. John P. Vavalle (USA), head of the Structural Heart Disease Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In his presentation, he showed how far the limits of percutaneous aortic valve implantation can be stretched by briefly showing successful...