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Impact of elevated left ventricular filling pressure on long-term outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Open Heart

However, the impact of elevated FP as detected by pretranscatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) echocardiogram on long-term outcomes after TAVR remains unclear. Objective To understand the impact of elevated FP in patients with severe AS who undergo TAVR. Patients with elevated FP had a mean age of 81.2±8.6

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Impact of Acute Kidney Injury After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Nationwide Study

Journal of the American Heart Association

According to 2 plasma creatinine samples, we identified those suffering a postprocedural AKI within 21 days after TAVR. identified 4091 TAVRs: 193 (4.7%) with AKI (55.4% identified 4091 TAVRs: 193 (4.7%) with AKI (55.4% men; median age, 82 years) and 3898 (95.3%) without AKI (57.0% men; median age, 81 years).

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Diffuse Subendocardial Ischemia on the ECG. Left main? 3-vessel disease? No!

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

6,7 Surgical repair of AS, by either TAVR or SAVR, is the definitive treatment for this condition. 10 The 2014 ACC/AHA guidelines for the Management of Patients with Valvular Heart Disease , referencing this article, gives this recommendation: "CLASS IIb 1. 5 Unfortunately, availability is generally limited to major medical centers.

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Published Research

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

Laurie Shroyer Single- Versus Multicenter Surgeons' Risk-Adjusted Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Procedural Outcomes The Annals of Thoracic Surgery May 2018 Thomas Schwann Operative Outcomes of Multiple-Arterial Versus Single-Arterial Coronary Bypass Grafting The Annals of Thoracic Surgery April 2018 Alexander Brescia Determinants of Variation in Pneumonia (..)

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Published Research

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

Laurie Shroyer 1 Single- Versus Multicenter Surgeons' Risk-Adjusted Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Procedural Outcomes The Annals of Thoracic Surgery May 2018 Thomas Schwann Operative Outcomes of Multiple-Arterial Versus Single-Arterial Coronary Bypass Grafting The Annals of Thoracic Surgery April 2018 Alexander Brescia Determinants of Variation in Pneumonia (..)