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Predictors for long-term outcome of pulmonary valve perforation and balloon valvuloplasty in neonates with critical pulmonary valve stenosis or pulmonary valve atresia with intact ventricular septum

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

ConclusionPulmonary valve perforation and PBV achieved favorable long-term outcomes in neonates with PA/IVS and CPS. IntroductionPercutaneous balloon valvuloplasty is the treatment of choice for critical pulmonary valve stenosis (CPS) and pulmonary valve atresia with intact ventricular septum (PA/IVS) if the ventricle has a suitable size.

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Midterm outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement in patients with active cancer

Open Heart

Objectives The clinical outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in patients with aortic stenosis (AS) and concomitant active cancer remain insufficiently explored. This study aimed to assess the midterm outcomes of TAVR in patients diagnosed with AS and active cancer.

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Abstract WP77: Changes in Acute Stroke Management and Outcomes in Korea Between 2013-2014 and 2018

Stroke Journal

We evaluated the changes of acute stroke management and outcomes between 2013/2014 and 2018 in Korea.Methods:We compared the most recent available ASQA data from 2018 with the data from 2013/2014. We grouped 2013 and 2014 into one group and compared them with 2018.Results:A among IS patients in 2013/2014, respectively.

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Almost 50% of Patients Under 60 Years Choose TAVR Over Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement with Worse Outcomes

DAIC

years after SAVR to assess their outcomes. Secondary outcomes included rates of reoperation, infective endocarditis, stroke, and hospital admissions for heart failure. From a pool of 37,011 patients, the study identified 2,360 patients under the age of 60 years who underwent these procedures, with 22% receiving TAVR and 78% SAVR.

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The Naples prognostic score as a new predictive index of severe abdominal aortic calcification: a population-based study

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MethodsThe research evaluated data obtained from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) conducted between 2013 and 2014. This research seeks to investigate the correlation of NPS with severe abdominal aortic calcification (SAAC).MethodsThe

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Study: Private Equity Acquisitions in Cardiology on the Rise

DAIC

As this practice grows, the study highlights the critical need to monitor the effects of private equity acquisitions on quality of care and outcomes for patients with cardiovascular disease, as well as procedural utilization.

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“One + one” is rarely two in biology. The wronged mathematics of high risk pregnancy

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

Peripartum car-diomyopathy with co-incident preeclampsia: a cohort study of clinical risk factors and outcomes among commercially in-sured women. I know it is just an afterload mismatch that has dilated her LV.Assured the family they need not panic, and she is going to have a good outcome if we control the BP tightly. Epub 2013 Sep 4.