Ruben Osnabrugge

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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 reductions in peak left ventricular...

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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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Health Status After Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis at Increased Surgical Risk: Results From the CoreValve US Pivotal Trial

September 3, 2015 | Ruben OsnabruggeSilver Contributor

The authors of this study compared quality of life in patients at increased surgical risk who underwent either transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) or surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR). Quality...

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Minimalist Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: The New Standard for Surgeons and Cardiologists Using Transfemoral Access?

August 16, 2015 | Ruben OsnabruggeSilver Contributor

The authors investigate the safety of minimally invasive Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (MA-TAVR) and its learning curve. MA-TAVR was performed by a team consisting of a cardiologist and cardiac surgeon....

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Long-Term Outcome of Mustard/Senning Correction for Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA) in Sweden and Denmark.

August 3, 2015 | Ruben OsnabruggeSilver Contributor

The authors evaluated long-term outcomes of 468 patients who have undergone a Mustard- or Senning operation for transposition of the great arteries (TGA). They found that perioperative mortality was 30%,...

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Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Performed at Offsite Versus Onsite Surgical Centers in the United Kingdom

July 20, 2015 | Ruben OsnabruggeSilver Contributor

The authors of this paper investigated the outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) performed in centers with and without cardiac surgical support onsite in a large database in the United...

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Temporal Trends in Quality of Life Outcomes After Transapical Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

June 24, 2015 | Ruben OsnabruggeSilver Contributor

The authors of this study aimed to compare the quality of life (QoL) after Transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TA-TAVR) versus surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR). They used the QoL...

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Everolimus-Eluting Stents or Bypass Surgery for Multivessel Coronary Disease

March 29, 2015 | Ruben OsnabruggeSilver Contributor

The authors of this article compared CABG and PCI with second generation drug eluting stents (DES-PCI) in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease. They used data from a large observational...

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Changes Over Time in Risk Profiles of Patients Who Undergo Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: The Veterans Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program (VASQIP).

February 13, 2015 | Ruben OsnabruggeSilver Contributor

The authors evaluated the change in risk profile of 65097 patients who underwent CABG between 1997 and 2011 in the Veterans Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program (VASQIP). They found that...

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Long-term forecasting and comparison of mortality in the Evaluation of the Xience Everolimus Eluting Stent vs. Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery for Effectiveness of Left Main Revascularization (EXCEL) trial: prospective validation of the SYNTAX Score II

January 20, 2015 | Ruben OsnabruggeSilver Contributor

The investigators of this project aimed to validate the SYNTAX Score II. This is a risk prediction tool that combines clinical characteristics and the original anatomical SYNTAX score in order...

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