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What to Expect: EACTS 2023

September 25, 2023 | Patrick MyersBronze Contributor…

CTSNet is happy to share a discussion held between premier planners of the upcoming 37th Annual European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS) Meeting! To sort out major questions of interest and concern among the cardiothoracic...

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What to Expect: EACTS 2022

October 4, 2022 | John Janesheski…

In anticipation of the 36th Annual European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS) Meeting, CTSNet met with two representatives of the association. Dr. Rafael Sádaba Sagredo, secretary general and chair of...

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TAVI in Bicuspid Aortic Valves ‘Made Easy’

May 14, 2017 | J. Rafael SadabaGold Contributor

Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) has been considered a relative contraindication for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Nevertheless, favourable results have been reported from registries and observational reports. In this manuscript,...

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Outcomes of Warfarin Therapy for Bioprosthetic Valve Thrombosis of Surgically Implanted Valves

February 26, 2017 | J. Rafael SadabaGold Contributor

In this manuscript, the authors describe their findings in an observational prospective study of 52 patients who had tentative diagnoses of bioprosthetic valve thrombosis (BPVT) of surgically implanted valves over...

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Differences in left ventricular remodelling in patients with aortic stenosis treated with transcatheter aortic valve replacement with corevalve prostheses compared to surgery with porcine or bovine biological prostheses.

February 13, 2017 | J. Rafael SadabaGold Contributor

The authors report on an echocardiographic sub-study of the NOTION trial, a prospective randomized study which compared outcomes between 120 patients undergoing TAVI and 112 patients undergoing aortic valve replacement...

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Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement for Patients With Symptomatic Mitral Regurgitation. A Global Feasibility Trial

January 27, 2017 | J. Rafael SadabaGold Contributor

Results are reported of a global feasibility study in which 30 patients at high risk for mitral valve surgery were enrolled at 8 study sites. Patients underwent transapical mitral valve...

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Incidence, Predictors, and Mid-Term Outcomes of Percutaneous Closure Failure After Transfemoral Aortic Valve Implantation Using an Expandable Sheath (from the Optimized Transcatheter Valvular Intervention [OCEAN-TAVI] Registry)

December 27, 2016 | J. Rafael SadabaGold Contributor

The authors report on their findings an ongoing Japanese multicentre prospective registry. They evaluate outcomes in 478 patients undergoing transfemoral TAVI and treated with percutaneous puncture using an expandable sheath,...

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Twenty-Year Outcome after Mitral Repair Versus Replacement for Severe Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation. Analysis of a Large, Prospective, Multicenter International Registry

December 6, 2016 | J. Rafael SadabaGold Contributor

In this article, the authors describe their findings from a direct, propensity score matching and inverse probability-of-treatment weighting analysis of patients with degenerative MR with a flail leaflet, included in...

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Impact of Left Atrial Appendage Closure During Cardiac Surgery on the Occurrence of Early Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation, Stroke, and Mortality: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis of 10,633 Patients

December 5, 2016 | J. Rafael SadabaGold Contributor

In this manuscript, the authors describe their findings in a propensity score matched analysis of a retrospectively acquire data on 9792 patients undergoing CABG or heart valve surgery over a...

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Medical Treatment of Aortic Stenosis

December 3, 2016 | J. Rafael SadabaGold Contributor

In this manuscript, the authors offer a comprehensive and thorough review of the pathophysiology of aortic stenosis and relate this to the different potential medical treatment options to slow down...

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Percutaneous coronary angioplasty versus coronary artery bypass grafting in treatment of unprotected left main stenosis (NOBLE): a prospective, randomised, open-label, non-inferiority trial.

November 7, 2016 | J. Rafael SadabaGold Contributor

This is a prospective, randomised, open-label, non-inferiority trial comparing CABG versus PCI in patients with unprotected left main stenosis. The study was carried out at 36 hospitals in Latvia, Estonia,...

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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement to Treat Pure Aortic Regurgitation on Noncalcified Native Valves

October 13, 2016 | J. Rafael SadabaGold Contributor

This is the first report of the use of a balloon expandable transcatheter heart valve (Edwards Sapiens 3) for TAVI in chronic aortic regurgitation (AR) involving non-calcified native valves. The...

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Bicuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis: Favorable Early Outcomes With a Next-Generation Transcatheter Heart Valve in a Multicenter Study.

September 12, 2016 | J. Rafael SadabaGold Contributor

The presence of a bicuspid valve has been considered as a relative contraindication for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). This a multicentre retrospective study of 51 patients with bicuspid aortic...

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