J. Rafael Sadaba

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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, the authors present some useful...

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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...

JANS Article

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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Clinical Outcome and Cost Analysis of Sutureless Versus Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation With Propensity Score Matching Analysis

October 18, 2015 | J. Rafael SadabaGold Contributor

In this manuscript the authors report on the results of a retrospective propensity score analysis in 102 matched pairs of patients, considered to be in a “grey zone” of surgical...

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1-Year Outcomes After Transfemoral Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement Results From the Italian OBSERVANT Study

August 14, 2015 | J. Rafael SadabaGold Contributor

This is an observational outcome study for the comparative effectiveness of SAVR–TAVR procedures for the treatment of severe aortic stenosis at 93 Italian centers. From the entire cohort of 5468...

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5-Year Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation With CoreValve Prosthesis

August 3, 2015 | J. Rafael SadabaGold Contributor

In this manuscript the authors describe their findings in a retrospective review of prospectively obtained 5-year follow up data on 353 patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) with the...

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2-Year Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Surgical or Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

June 17, 2015 | J. Rafael SadabaGold Contributor

In this paper the authors report on the 2-year results of the randomized US pivotal trial for surgical and self-expanding percutaneous aortic prosthetic valves. The survival benefit observed at 1...

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Perioperative Results and Complications in 15,964 Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacements: Prospective Data From the GARY Registry.

June 14, 2015 | J. Rafael SadabaGold Contributor

In this manuscript the authors report on data from the German Aortic Valve Registry (GARY) comprising 15964 transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures performed from 2011 to 2013 evaluating severe...

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Transcatheter heart valve failure: a systematic review.

June 13, 2015 | J. Rafael SadabaGold Contributor

In this open-access article, the authors describe their findings in a systematic review of transcatheter heart valve (THV) failures, comprising 70 articles and 87 individual cases. Unusual complications such as...

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Meta-Analysis of the Usefulness of Mitraclip in Patients With Functional Mitral Regurgitation

May 27, 2015 | J. Rafael SadabaGold Contributor

In this manuscript the authors describe their finding after a systematic review and meta-analysis to explore the safety and efficacy of the Mitraclip procedure for patients with functional mitral regurgitation...

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Digoxin-associated mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature

May 17, 2015 | J. Rafael SadabaGold Contributor

The question of whether digoxin increases the risk of death in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) or congestive heart failure (CHF) continues to be a matter of debate. The authors...

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