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In the past 5 years, a continuum of good news about aortic valve replacement has emerged, particularly for transcatheter aortic valve replacement. But in recent months, the spotlight has been ...
Outcomes of Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement With and Without Bioprosthetic Valve Fracture. Presenter: Christina Brinkmann. November 04, 2021. REGISTER for free or LOG IN to view ...
TCT 9: Quantitative Assessment of Lipid Composition by NIRS-IVUS Is Helpful for Differentiating among Plaque Rupture, Plaque Erosion and Calcified Nodule in the Culprit Lesion of ACS Receive the the ...
CHICAGO – Although current guidelines recommend 3 months of anticoagulation treatment after bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement surgery, a study that included more than 4,000 patients found ...
Transcatheter Laceration of Aortic Leaflets to Prevent Coronary Obstruction During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions , 2018; 11 (7): 677 DOI: 10.1016/j ...
Bioprosthetic and mechanical aortic valve replacement were associated with similar 15-year rates of all-cause mortality and stroke, according to data published in JAMA.Researchers evaluated 4,253 ...
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is valve replacement without open-heart surgery. It is also called catheter-based or percutaneous (through the skin) aortic valve replacement. While ...
The aortic valve regulates blood flow by opening and closing, and when it stops working an aortic valve replacement (AVR) surgery must be done for blood flow to resume like normal, delivering oxygen ...
Early anticoagulation (AC) after bioprosthetic surgical or transcatheter aortic valve replacement (SAVR/TAVR) does not appear to affect valve hemodynamics in the ensuing year, according to a new ...
Source Reference: Bowdish ME, et al "Bioprosthetic vs mechanical aortic valve replacement in patients 40-75 years" J Am Coll Cardiol 2025; DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2025.01.013.
Benefit of Anticoagulation Early After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement Using Bioprosthetic Valves. Mayo Clinic Proceedings , 2023; 98 (12): 1797 DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2023.08.012 Cite This Page : ...
Dr. Baker: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, or TAVR, provides significant benefits for the patient and has demonstrated outstanding results. For decades, ...