Neil Moat of The Royal Brompton Hospital in London, United Kingdom, reviews the technologies currently being developed for transcatheter mitral valve repair and replacement.
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Valve Disease
August 17, 2017
The Cleveland Clinic group performed a randomized clinical trial comparing transfusion triggers of 24% vs. 28% from 2007-2014. The study included 722 patients who underwent either CABG or valve surgery. While the lower trigger group received fewer transfusions, adverse outcomes did not differ between the groups.
August 15, 2017
This video shows a minimally invasive mitral repair surgery with artificial chordae replacement using the "clip technique" in a patient with severe mitral regurgitation secondary to P2 segment prolapse and rupture of primary order chordae.
August 7, 2017
Ghoneim and colleagues retrospectively evaluated surgical risk caused by prior mediastinal radiation therapy (MRT) in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR).
August 4, 2017
Patient Care
An Iraqi boy from Mosul went from Jordan to Australia for surgery to correct the blood flow through his heart and repair a hole between his ventricles.
August 2, 2017
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 underperforming or are cumbersome to calculate.
July 25, 2017
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 and review, training and future directions are discussed from an organizational point of view.
July 18, 2017
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 the United States. There was no difference in 1-year mortality (17.3% vs.
July 15, 2017
In this editorial, the authors review the current risks associated with aortic valve replacement in younger patients, with an emphasis on anticoagulation options and future perspectives.
July 3, 2017
This step-by-step video shows how to perform a mitral valve repair via inferior mini sternotomy.