Catheter-Based Treatments
This is a comprehensive review on tricuspid regurgitation, including anatomy, clinical presentation, epidemiology, causes and classification, diagnosis, and therapy. Knowledge gaps in disease process, diagnostic challenges, timing of interventions, and medical management are also discussed...
In this article, the authors present a bench-to-animal-to-human proof of concept for valve-in-mechanical (ViMech) transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in patients with failed bileaflet mechanical aortic valves. Bench testing showed...
This is a comprehensive review on tricuspid regurgitation, including anatomy, clinical presentation, epidemiology, causes and classification, diagnosis, and therapy. Knowledge gaps in disease process, diagnostic challenges, timing of interventions, and...
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons published its newly developed short-term risk calculator of operative and thirty day risk specific to isolated mitral valve repair for primary mitral regurgitation and degenerative...
In this article, the authors provide a step-by-step illustrated guide to performing transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair (MitraClip). This is a key article that will be of benefit to all...
Patient Care and General Interest Despite being the leading cause of death in the US, heart disease was the most-Googled disease in only one state: Maine. A study that sought...
On May 3 and 4, 2019, presentations from the Transcatheter Heart Valve Greece 2019 Conference streamed live on CTSNet. Friday sessions included: TAVR Technology in a Rapidly-Evolving Era TAVR on...
The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS), American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), and Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)...
The Stanford University cardiac surgery team expounds on current evidence for selection of prostheses in valve replacement. While more liberal usage of biologic prostheses in younger patients may be appropriate...
This review provides a comprehensive overview of the available data on antithrombotic therapy after transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Antiplatelet therapy (APT) is favored over the use of a vitamin K...
Mick Jagger has undergone a TAVR procedure in New York and is now recovering.
...In light of the recent Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recommendation for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) volumes, this study looked at 113,662 TAVRs from the TVT registry from...
A number of interesting findings in early follow up of this randomized controlled trial on one type of transcatheter aortic valve against conventional surgery: the mechanics of the valve and...


