TAVR (TAVI)

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The STS Risk Model for SAVR After TAVR

September 10, 2026 | Shrikar Modukuri

This study developed and validated an updated Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) risk model for surgical aortic valve replacement after a failed transcatheter aortic valve replacement (SAVR-after-TAVR), including the emergent and concomitant-procedure cases that earlier...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 177: Expert Consensus Document on LVRS for Emphysema

October 15, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with David Waller, Chair of the EACTS Emphysema Taskforce and Director of the EACTS Fundamentals Course in Thoracic Surgery, about...

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The Value of the Heart Team: Perspectives From Vincent Gaudiani and Chad Rammohan

October 2, 2026 | Vincent GaudianiGold ContributorBronze Commentor

In this discussion, CTSNet Senior Editor—Education Vincent Gaudiani, a Clinical Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Stanford University in Stanford, California, USA, and Chad Rammohan, an interventional and structural cardiologist...

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ECS Club | Can the Endoscope “Challenge” the Catheter?

September 26, 2026 | Joseph Zacharias

This talk features Joseph Zacharias, a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at the Lancashire Cardiac Center in Blackpool, England, delivering a presentation on “Can the Endoscope ‘Challenge’ the Catheter?” at the Endoscopic...

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The TAVR Heart Team in 2026: Navigating the CMS Decision | A CTSNet Webinar

September 18, 2026 | Tom C. NguyenSilver Contributor…

CTSNet hosted a webinar on September 15, 2026, titled “The TAVR Heart Team in 2026: Navigating the CMS Decision,” featuring leading surgeons Tom B. Nguyen, Michael Mack, and Tsuyoshi Kaneko,...

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TCHVG 2023: How Confident is the TAVI Guideline Shift from Operative Risk to Age?

November 10, 2023 | Michael Reardon

In this recording from the 2023 Transcatheter Heart Valves Greece conference, Dr. Michael J. Reardon, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Methodist DeBaket Heart and Vascular Center, discusses varying confidence in the...

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Survival Following Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients: A Contemporary Trial Benchmark

October 20, 2023 | Cameron LindGold Contributor

To create a benchmark for the use of TAVR for aortic stenosis treatment in low-risk patients, this study evaluated outcomes of similar patients undergoing SAVR. The STS database was used...

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Transaxillary Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TRAX-TAVI) with Balloon Expandable Valve

September 26, 2023 | Marek Pizon…

This video demonstrates a step-by-step method for transaxillary transcatheter aortic valve implantation. The procedure utilizes the axillary artery, which lies beneath the clavipectoral fascia, medial, below, and lateral to the...

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Incidence and Outcomes of Emergency Intraprocedural Surgical Conversion During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Insights from a Large Tertiary Care Center

August 24, 2023 | EACTS StaffSilver Contributor

During some transcatheter aortic valve implant (TAVI) procedures, complications require conversion to emergency open heart surgery (E-OHS). This study evaluated early and midterm outcomes in a large center over fifteen...

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Cardiac Reoperations in Patients with Transcatheter Aortic Bioprosthesis

July 27, 2023 | Cameron LindGold Contributor

In forty-eight consecutive patients undergoing explants of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) at a single center between 2011 and 2021, at a median of 2.3 years after TAVR, the most...

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Virtual Reality Assisted Distraction During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Under Local Anesthesia: A Randomized Study

June 29, 2023 | Cameron LindGold Contributor

Recently, a minimal approach to transcatheter valve replacement using only local anesthesia has been used to promote a faster procedure and recovery time. With this lack of general anesthesia, however,...

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CTO Lesions Tied to In-Hospital Complications During, After TAVR

February 23, 2023 | Cameron LindGold Contributor

A new study found that patients who undergo TAVR with concomitant chronic total occlusion lesions are more likely to experience complications from the procedure, but they do not have a...

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Novel Self-Expanding TAVR Valve Successfully Implanted in Small Study

January 27, 2023 | Cameron LindGold Contributor

A novel self-expanding TAVR valve has been successfully implanted in ten patients, as reported by a research team in China. The new device is made of a self-expanding nitinol stent...

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