Ruben Osnabrugge

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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 at one year. This paper...

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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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Effect of a Cerebral Protection Device on Brain Lesions Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis: The CLEAN-TAVI Randomized Clinical Trial

August 9, 2016 | Ruben OsnabruggeSilver Contributor

In this study the investigators aimed to study whether a cerebral protection device during TAVI reduced the number of cerebral lesions in patients undergoing TAVI. In total, 100 patients undergoing...

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Should Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Be Performed in Nonagenarians?: Insights From the STS/ACC TVT Registry

March 22, 2016 | Ruben OsnabruggeSilver Contributor

In this study the STS/ACC Transcatheter Valve Therapy registry was used to compare TAVI in nonogenarians versus TAVI in patients 90 years old. Mortality at 30 days and 1-year was...

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Stopping vs. Continuing Aspirin before Coronary Artery Surgery

February 28, 2016 | Ruben OsnabruggeSilver Contributor

In this trial 2100 undergoing coronary surgery were randomized to aspirin 100mg or placebo. The primary outcome was defined as a composite of death and thrombotic complications (myocardial infarction, stroke,...

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Frequency and Predictors of Internal Mammary Artery Graft Failure and Subsequent Clinical Outcomes

January 12, 2016 | Ruben OsnabruggeSilver Contributor

The authors of this paper aimed to study the frequency and predictors of internal mammary artery (IMA) failure in 1539 patients who underwent IMA revascularization of the left anterior descending...

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Conducting Research During Cardiothoracic Surgery Training

October 22, 2015 | Domenico Pagano…

Domenico Pagano moderates a discussion with Suzanne Arnold, Mostafa Mokhles, Stuart Head, and Ruben Osnabrugge on conducting research during cardiothoracic surgery training. The roundtable was recorded at the 2015 EACTS...

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Initial Surgical versus Conservative Strategies in Patients with Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis

October 19, 2015 | Ruben OsnabruggeSilver Contributor

The investigators in this registry study enrolled 3815 patients with asymptomatic aortic stenosis. Patients underwent either surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) or conservative therapy. In order to increase comparability, they...

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2015 EACTS Annual Meeting Begins

October 3, 2015 | A. Pieter Kappetein…

Pieter Kappetein, Secretary General of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), previews the 2015 EACTS Annual Meeting taking place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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CABG Versus PCI: Greater Benefit in Long-Term Outcomes With Multiple Arterial Bypass Grafting

September 24, 2015 | Ruben OsnabruggeSilver Contributor

The investigators of this study compared survival of bare metal stent percutaneous coronary intervention (BMS-PCI) versus drug-eluting stent PCI (DES-PCI) versus single artery CABG (SA-CABG) versus multiarterial CABG (MA-CABG) in...

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