Open Heart

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Backgrounds Permanent pacemaker implantation (PPMI) is one of the greatest disadvantages of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Methods We retrospectively analysed data from 745 consecutive patients who underwent TAVI for severe aortic stenosis from November 2013 to July 2022.

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Circulation

MARCH 29, 2025

Background: Symptomatic severe aortic stenosis (AS) remains undertreated with high resultant mortality despite increased growth and availability of aortic valve replacement (AVR) since the advent of transcatheter therapies. The patient cohort had mean age of 7711 years, was 47% female, and had mean aortic valve area 0.80.1

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Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

OCTOBER 17, 2023

BACKGROUND:Data concerning the outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement in type 0 bicuspid aortic stenosis (AS) are scarce. Ascending aortic diameter was the single predictor of 1-year mortality in type 0 bicuspid patients (hazard ratio, 1.59 [95% CI, 1.03–2.44];P=0.035). Poverall=0.522; 1 year: 10% versus 2.3%

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Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

APRIL 10, 2024

A 76-year-old woman with a history of double valve replacement (Aortic and mitral valves) for rheumatic heart disease, presented with acute dyspnea after a switch from Warfarin to LMWH before a planned bone marrow biopsy. The investigations revealed a stuck aortic prosthetic valve ,that showed a prohibitive gradient of more than 50 mmhg.

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Circulation

OCTOBER 23, 2024

BACKGROUND:This study aimed to compare the incidence and prognostic implications of new-onset conduction disturbances after surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in patients with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) aortic stenosis (AS) versus patients with tricuspid aortic valve (TAV) AS (ie, BAV-AS and TAV-AS, respectively).

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Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

APRIL 7, 2025

BACKGROUND:The extent of cardiac damage has been shown to be associated with increased mortality, repeat hospitalization, and decreased quality of life after aortic valve replacement (AVR). Patients were categorized into 5 groups (stages 04) based on their stage of cardiac damage in the year before AVR.

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Open Heart

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Objective Cabrol shunt has been introduced for surgical repair of type A aortic dissection (TAAD) without robust evidence supporting its routine preventive use. Methods Adult patients with TAAD from China 5A study were included if surgically repaired between 2016 and 2022. Results were similar in multiple sensitivity analysis.

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CardiacWire

JANUARY 31, 2024

Procedure trends certainly suggest that we’ve entered the TAVR era, but a pair of new studies show that surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) is a far better option for many younger and healthier patients who are increasingly seen as TAVR candidates. Much of these SAVR declines occurred in patients with tricuspid aortic valves (from 84.5%

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Heart BMJ

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a minimally invasive surgical procedure that has revolutionised the treatment of severe aortic stenosis (AS). It is a serious condition that can significantly impair quality of life and lead to fatal cardiovascular complications if left unmanaged.

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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Background To investigate the contemporary comparative inpatient prognosis among US and Chinese patients with type A aortic dissection (TAAD). Trial registration KY20220425-05, April 5th 25 2022. Methods Data from Chinese multi-institutional TAAD registry and the US National Inpatient Sample databases were analyzed.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

BackgroundAcute ischemic stroke complicates 2% to 3% of transcatheter aortic valve replacements (TAVRs). This study aimed to identify the aortic anatomic correlates in patients after TAVR stroke.Methods and ResultsThis is a single‐center, retrospective study of patients who underwent TAVR at the Mayo Clinic between 2012 and 2022.

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Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Background:Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) is highly prevalent in patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print. Exposure of interest was PVD. Primary outcome was all-cause mortality.

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

24: Joint American College of Cardiology/Journal of the American College of Cardiology Late-Breaking Clinical Trials (Session 402) Saturday, April 6 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

BackgroundComplex aortic plaque (CAP) is a potential embolic source in patients with cryptogenic stroke (CS). Journal of the American Heart Association, Volume 12, Issue 23 , December 5, 2023. Two independent reviewers extracted data on study design, imaging techniques, CAP criteria, and prevalence.

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Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The primary outcome was a composite of all-cause mortality or hospital readmission within 1 year.

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TAVR Aortic valve Aortic Outcomes 40

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MAY 19, 2024

BackgroundThe use of Intra-aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) and Impella devices as a bridge to heart transplantation (HTx) has increased significantly in recent times. We used the eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) algorithm to build and validate ML models.

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European Journal of Heart Failure

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Patients with significant pulmonary oedema or aortic valve (AV) closure during venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) were randomized to early left ventricular (LV) unloading or conventional strategy groups (1:1). The primary endpoint was the rate of weaning from VA-ECMO during index admission.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Methods This study analyzed 2,771 publications related to patient management after valve replacement published in the Web of Science Core Collection database between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2022. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement was a current research hotspot, while anticoagulation management was a key area of interest.

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Research Aortic valve Artificial Heart Heart Valves 59

Journal of the American Heart Association

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The primary outcome was inhospital mortality, and the secondary outcomes included the length of hospital stay, length of ECMO, total hospitalization cost, complications, and durable mechanical circulatory support implantations.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Objective The objective of this study was to perform a network meta-analysis (NMA) to assess the efficacy and safety of three different surgical interventions- open surgical repair (OSR), hybrid surgical repair (HSR), and endovascular repair (EVAR)- for the treatment of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAAs).

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Aneurysm Aortic Hospital Outcomes 64

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Retrieved July 2, 2022, from [link] Moyé, D. Retrieved July 2, 2022, from [link] Sybrandy, K. Retrieved July 2, 2022, from [link] == MY Comment , by K EN G RAUER, MD ( 2/4 /2024 ): == Today's case by Dr. The ST-T wave in leads V5,V6 looks to be disproportionately large ( ie, hyperacute ) given QRS amplitude in these leads.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

DECEMBER 12, 2024

33 preoperative clinical features and 4 postoperative complications were collected in each group. LASSO is a regression analysis method that performs both variable selection and regularization to enhance model prediction accuracy and interpretability.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MARCH 25, 2025

Predictive variables were selected based on clinical expertise and prior literature, and a nomogram was developed using LASSO regression and multiple logistic regression.

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Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Aortic Hospital Outcomes 52

Heart BMJ

MAY 10, 2024

Methods The baseline, perioperative and follow-up data were obtained for all paediatric patients with conotruncal defects who underwent BDG procedure as palliation in Fuwai Hospital from 2013 to 2022. Patients with single ventricle were excluded. The primary outcome was mortality. years (IQR: 2.72–5.42) in the overall cohort, 3.62

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

AUGUST 4, 2024

Two weeks ago he had a significant MVC with many severe injuries, including aortic injury s/p endovascular repair. The ST/T wave ratio ( ie, the ratio of ST elevation compared to T wave amplitude ) in lead V6 is well over 0.24 ( See My Comment in the June 8, 2022 post for more on this Ratio ). Spodick sign is present.

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Pericarditis Chest Pain Blog Aortic 116

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 30, 2024

Methods Electronic medical records were reviewed for preoperative, operative, and follow-up data of the patients who underwent septal myectomy using PEAK PlasmaBlade at our institute between January 2019 and December 2022. Results Twenty-nine patients underwent septal myectomy using the PEAK PlasmaBlade. mmHg at rest and 56.5 ± 34.9 mmHg

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Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Aortic valve Aortic Outcomes 53

The British Journal of Cardiology

AUGUST 1, 2024

Genome-wide association and Mendelian randomisation studies have identified lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]) as an emerging risk factor for calcific aortic stenosis and a causal risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) in different ethnicities. HEART UK recommends Lp(a) measurement in specific ‘at-risk’ cohorts.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Left ventricular afterload reduction is essential to decrease the trans-se ptal pressure gradient and thus decrease shunt volume, making a larger proportion of the blood flow from the left ventricle through the aortic valve. Surgical repair of the VSR was eventually done.

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Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

JULY 1, 2024

An Aortic Impella device, that is distal to the aortic valve and devoid of LV-related issues. Epub 2022 Jul 25. The innovators and engineers of new-age mechanical assist systems could learn a few crucial insights from these unique and humble animal beings. Shall we think about,axial pumps in ascending Aorta in series with LV.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Stenotic lesions included 16 branch pulmonary arteries, 9 aortic isthmus, 2 right ventricular outflow tracts, and 1 Glenn anastomosis. Stent performance was assessed.ResultsWe identified 28 patients (67.8% male) with median age and weight of 3.4 years (interquartile range [IQR], 1.55.5) kg (IQR, 9.116.4).

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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The complications of the procedure and patient’s outcomes were discussed.MethodsWe identified two patients who were admitted to our medical center between January 2022 to December 2022 for subclavian‐carotid artery bypass procedure. Endovascular intervention was deferred given the angulation of aortic arch after surgical repair.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

The method was compared to a previously introduced random forest ensemble model with extreme gradient boosting (XGBRF) based on six vascular tortuosity descriptors of the aortic and supra-aortic regions.Results:A total of 745 patients (aged 78 years IQR 68-85, 56% women) were included in this study. Patients treated in 2023 (n=177, 3.4%

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Technology

JANUARY 19, 2022

Dr. Folesani, who is accomplished in performing aortic and mitral valve surgery and myocardial revascularization procedures, intends to use his fellowship to learn minimally invasive techniques on aortic and mitral valves. “I Folesani to attend STS 2023 in San Diego, and Dr. Fiedler to attend EACTS 2022 in Milan.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2022

A dissection flap is noted in the intrabdominal aorta, and the aortic outflow tract is also noted to appear wider than normal. The CT angio showed a type A aortic dissection extending from the aortic root proximally to the carotid and left subclavian artery and distally to the common femoral arteries.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

DECEMBER 3, 2024

A bare metal stent (BMS) may protect LGO, according to the hypothesis of this single-center retrospective analysis.MethodsAll patients undergoing elective EVAR with a bifurcated stent graft between January 2012 and June 2022 were included in this cohort study. In total, 50 individuals were included in group A, while 107 were in group B.

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Open Heart

AUGUST 22, 2024

Methods This study is a single-centre, double-blinded, randomised, controlled trial that was conducted from December 2022 to May 2023. There were no significant differences between the two groups regarding CPB time, aortic cross-clamp time, duration of mechanical ventilation and length of stay in ICU (p<0.05).

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Coronary Artery Bypass Graft ICU Risk Factors Aortic 40

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Our retrospective review aims to provide guidance in this regard and show our experience.Genetic testing was ordered at our comprehensive stroke center between June 2022 and September 2023. However, no clear guidelines exist for who should undergo genetic testing.

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