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Predictors of permanent pacemaker requirement in aortic stenosis patients undergoing self-expanding valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement using the cusp overlap technique

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

IntroductionSince TAVR was approved for lower-risk aortic stenosis (AS) patients, managing post-implantation conduction disturbances has become crucial, especially with self-expanding heart valves (SEV). Forty-seven received SEVs using COL, and 50 with CON techniques.

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Electronic Provider Notification to Facilitate the Recognition and Management of Severe Aortic Stenosis: a Randomized Clinical Trial

Circulation

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. Circulation, Ahead of Print. cm2were enrolled. cm2were enrolled.

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AISAP’s CARDIO AI-powered Diagnostic Assessment Software Receives FDA Clearance

DAIC

It marks a big step in our goal of delivering point-of-care assisted diagnosis, or POCAD, with unparalleled scalability and accessibility – from the largest academic centers to the most remote rural locations,” added Ehud Raanani, MD, co-founder, AISAP, and director, Leviev Cardiovascular and Thoracic Center, Sheba Medical Center.

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Atrial dilatation in Atrial fibrillation : A query with multiple twists!

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

Regarding the issue at hand, it is widely known that in cases of mitral stenosis with AF, the left atrium (LA) is larger than the right atrium (RA) due to the obvious reason that the baseline LA was larger at the onset of AF. Is there proof for this, or just an academic gossip? We know atrial flutters can be confined to one atrium.

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New Echo AI Model Could Streamline Mitral Regurgitation Diagnosis

CardiacWire

The researchers set out to solve this problem using AI, and indeed showed that AI could perform MR exams at the same level as academic echo labs. Transthoracic echocardiography is the go-to modality for mitral regurgitation diagnosis, but these exams are difficult to perform and prone to high variability.

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PCI for stable angina : Sham trials are welcome, but not OMT shaming trials !

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

Likelihood of truth : High The flamboyant genius of Andreas Roland Gruntzig, from Zurich gifted us the path-breaking treatment modality for coronary stenosis five decades ago. There seems to be a non-academic indication for doing this study to undo the damage done by ORBITA-1. Transluminal dilatation of coronary-artery stenosis.

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A NOTIONal truth : Surgical AVR deteriorates faster than TAVI, for some mysterious reasons!

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

Reviewing NOTION study, the Nordic TAVI 10 year follow up has just been released (Ref 1) : Caution : Non-academic content This study reports the long-term outcome in low-risk individuals who required AVR. Now, some academic queries ? No doubt ,the Aortic interventional world is applauding and everyone is joining the party.