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Expansion of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation and Mortality due to Aortic Stenosis Between 2010 and 2019

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print.

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Henry Ford Health Cardiologists Publish Case Series Study on Heart Valve Procedure

DAIC

These key takeaways from the research letter on IVL-facilitated valvuloplasty for severely calcified mitral valve stenosis are published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) Cardiovascular Interventions. an interventional cardiologist and structural heart disease expert at Henry Ford Health.

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Impact of Intensity of Vascular Care Preceding Major Amputation Among Patients With Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:Lower-limb amputation rates in patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia vary across the United States, with marked disparities in amputation rates by gender, race, and income status.

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Catheterization for Congenital Heart Disease Adjustment for Risk Method II

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print. The derivation data set consisted of cases performed from 2014 to 2017, and the validation data set consisted of cases performed from 2019 to 2020. kg at all Congenital Cardiac Catheterization Project on Outcomes participating centers.

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A young peripartum woman with Chest Pain

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JACC 2019 Sep 10;74(10):1290-1300. JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 2019 Mar 25;12(6):518-527. == MY Comment, by K EN G RAUER, MD ( 10/24/2019 ): == Superb case by Dr. Brooks Walsh regarding the entity of S CAD ( S pontaneous C oronary A rtery D issection ).

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Lifelong risk of stroke after TAVR: Findings from SwissTAVI Registry

Cardiology Update

In a recent article published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, investigators presented comprehensive examination of both short- and long-term stroke risks post-TAVR, offering insights into evolving trends and predictors. Between February 2011 and June 2021, 11,957 consecutive TAVR patients (average age 81.8 ± 6.5

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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular diseases hospitalisation, management and mortality in Switzerland

Open Heart

The total number of CVD-related deaths decreased from 21 042 in 2017 to 19 901 in 2019, and increased to 20 511 in 2020, with an estimated excess of 1139 deaths. The preventive measures applied against COVID-19 inverted the seasonal pattern of CVD admissions, the highest number of admissions being found in summer and the lowest in winter.