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Brachiocephalic Artery Access for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

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Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is increasing in popularity for symptomatic severe aortic stenosis. Transfemoral arterial route is the most commonly used approach for TAVR, also known as TAVI or transcatheter aortic valve implantation. No calcifications in the artery causing vascular stenosis.

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Echocardiographic evaluation in aortic regurgitation

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Mitral valve leaflets seen in open position between the left ventricle and left atrium are thickened. The large aortic regurgitation jet can be seen as a mosaic jet in the left ventricular outflow tract anterior to the anterior mitral leaflet. A portion of the thickened aortic valve can be seen between the aorta and left ventricle.

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Eccentricity Index in Bicuspid Aortic Valve

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Transcript of the video: Closure line of aortic valve on M-Mode echocardiogram, is seen as central line, while in bicuspid aortic valve, it is an eccentric closure, nearer to one of the walls of the aorta. That is an important feature of bicuspid aortic valve on M-Mode echocardiogram. This is a closure line.

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Difference between pulsed wave and continuous wave Doppler

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It is shown as a circle along the dotted Doppler line in the image, just beyond the aortic valve. Most of the abnormal jets across abnormal valves and those across a ventricular septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus need either continuous wave or high pulse repetition Doppler for analysis due to the high velocity.

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Highlights of ACC 2024

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SMART 4 ( NCT04722250 ) studied patients with severe aortic stenosis and a small aortic annulus who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). A total of 716 patients underwent TAVR with either a self-expanding supraannular valve or a balloon-expandable valve. vs. 6.2%) and stroke (2.9%

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Basics of Echocardiography

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Usual structures imaged in this view are the right ventricular free wall and outflow region, interventricular septum, aorta, and aortic valve, left ventricular outflow tract, anterior and posterior mitral leaflets, left ventricular cavity, posterior wall of left ventricle and left atrium.