Ruben Osnabrugge

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Trends in Isolated Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement According to Hospital-Based Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Volumes

November 7, 2018 | Ruben OsnabruggeSilver Contributor

Why this study – the rationale/objective This study compared the volumes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) since the approval of TAVR in the United States. The Medicare Provider...

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Neurological Complications After Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Intermediate-Risk Patients

November 7, 2018 | Ruben OsnabruggeSilver Contributor

The authors of this study analyzed neurological events and quality-of-life in the Surgical Replacement and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (SURTAVI) trial. A total of 1746 patients with aortic stenosis and...

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Predicting Quality of Life at 1 Year After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in a Real-World Population

October 14, 2018 | Ruben OsnabruggeSilver Contributor

Despite the benefit for most patients, some patients have poor outcome after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Currently it is hard to predict which patient is predisposed to poor outcome...

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Percutaneous Intramyocardial Septal Radiofrequency Ablation for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy

October 12, 2018 | Ruben OsnabruggeSilver Contributor

The authors of this paper investigated the efficacy and safety of percutaneous intramyocardial septal radiofrequency ablation (PIMSRA) in 15 patients with hypertophic cardiomyopathy (HOCM). At six months, they found significant...

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Radial-Artery or Saphenous-Vein Grafts in Coronary-Artery Bypass Surgery

May 1, 2018 | Ruben OsnabruggeSilver Contributor

The authors performed a patient-level meta-analysis of six randomized trials comparing left internal mammary artery (LIMA) + saphenous vein graft (SVG) versus LIMA + radial artery graft. In a total...

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Mortality After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Versus Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Stenting for Coronary Artery Disease: A Pooled Analysis of Individual Patient Data

February 23, 2018 | Ruben OsnabruggeSilver Contributor

In this patient level meta-analysis of 11 randomised trials, the authors compare PCI using stents with CABG. In total, almost 12,000 randomised patients were included. They found that at a...

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Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients at Low Surgical Risk: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials and Propensity Score Matched Observational Studies

February 9, 2018 | Ruben OsnabruggeSilver Contributor

In this meta-analysis, the authors compare surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) with transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in patients at low surgical risk. They included two randomized controlled trials and...

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Predictors and Clinical Outcomes of Next-Day Discharge After Minimalist Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

January 16, 2018 | Ruben OsnabruggeSilver Contributor

In this study with 663 TAVI patients, the authors investigated the predictors for next day discharge (NDD). After excluding cases that did not have a minimalist transfemoral approach, 150 patients...

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Public Reporting of Surgical Outcomes: Surgeons, Hospitals, or Both?

October 18, 2017 | Ruben OsnabruggeSilver Contributor

In this JAMA Forum article, Harvard’s Ashish Jha discusses the pros and cons of public reporting of individual surgeon’s outcomes. He uses the New York state cardiac surgery registry as...

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Frailty in Older Adults Undergoing Aortic Valve Replacement

August 2, 2017 | Ruben OsnabruggeSilver Contributor

Frailty is an important factor in patients undergoing either Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement. However, it is hard to assess. Multiple scoring systems have been proposed which are either...

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ESC Joint Working Groups on Cardiovascular Surgery and the Cellular Biology of the Heart Position Paper: Peri-operative Myocardial Injury and Infarction in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

July 26, 2017 | Ruben OsnabruggeSilver Contributor

This collaborative position paper recommendations are provided on the management of peri-operative myocardial infarction in patients undergoing CABG. These recommendations are based on thorough literature review and are illustrated in...

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Standards Defining a ‘Heart Valve Centre’: ESC Working Group on Valvular Heart Disease and European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Viewpoint

July 25, 2017 | Ruben OsnabruggeSilver Contributor

This review paper, written by the ESC working group on valvular heart disease, defines what consitutes a good Heart Valve Centre. All relevant topics including multidisciplenary heart teams, data collection...

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Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: Propensity-Matched Comparison

July 18, 2017 | Ruben OsnabruggeSilver Contributor

In this large propensity-matched study, outcomes after Transcatheter versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR vs. SAVR) were assessed in a real world intermediate- and high-risk cohort of 9500 patients in...

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