Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a relatively new treatment method for aortic stenosis (AS) and has been demonstrated to be suitable for patients with varying risk levels.

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Aortic valve Cardiac Rehabilitation Aortic TAVR 64

American College of Cardiology

MAY 29, 2024

In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle looks at the diagnostic value of aortic valve calcification levels in the assessment of low-gradient aortic stenosis.

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Aortic valve Aortic Stenosis Article 60

American College of Cardiology

APRIL 4, 2024

The goal of the VIVA trial was to evaluate transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) compared with surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) among patients with severe aortic stenosis and a small aortic annulus.

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Aortic valve Aortic Stenosis TAVR 49

American College of Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The following are key points to remember from the 2024 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines for the management of peripheral arterial and aortic diseases.

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Aortic Article 45

American College of Cardiology

APRIL 22, 2024

What is the 5-year incidence of valve reintervention after self-expanding CoreValve/Evolut transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) versus surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR)?

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TAVR Aortic Aortic valve Stenosis 69

American College of Cardiology

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The goal of the NOTION trial was to compare outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) versus surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in unselected patients with severe degenerative aortic stenosis.

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Aortic valve Aortic TAVR Stenosis 56

American College of Cardiology

MARCH 22, 2024

What is the relationship between coarctation of the aorta (COA), bicuspid aortic valve (BAV), and thoracic aortic aneurysms?

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Aneurysm Aortic Aortic valve Bicuspid/Mitral 73

American College of Cardiology

AUGUST 31, 2024

The goal of the POPular PAUSE TAVI trial was to determine whether, in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) who also take oral anticoagulation for a comorbid condition, continuation of anticoagulant therapy is noninferior to periprocedural interruption of anticoagulation with respect to major adverse cardiovascular and (..)

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Aortic valve Aortic Article 49

American College of Cardiology

JUNE 17, 2024

The goal of the BICATOR trial was to determine whether treatment with low to moderate dose atorvastatin is associated with progression of ascending aortic dilation, valvular dysfunction, or valve calcification in patients with bicuspid aortic valve.

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Aortic valve Bicuspid/Mitral Aortic Article 45

American College of Cardiology

JULY 23, 2024

What is the association between plasma lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] concentrations and hemodynamic progression in patients with aortic stenosis?

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Stenosis Aortic valve Aortic Article 56

American College of Cardiology

JULY 16, 2024

The following are key points to remember from a state-of-the-art review on sutureless valves, a “wireless” option for patients with aortic valve disease.

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Aortic valve Aortic Article 58

American College of Cardiology

MAY 29, 2024

How do mortality and morbidity compare after valve-in-valve (ViV) transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) versus redo surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) for intervention for a failed bioprosthetic SAVR?

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Aortic valve TAVR Aortic Article 49

American College of Cardiology

JUNE 18, 2024

In this week's View, Dr. Eagle looks at secular trends of incidence and outcomes in severe aortic stenosis. He then examines titration of medications after acute heart failure.

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Heart Failure Stenosis Aortic TAVR 58

American College of Cardiology

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Echocardiography remains the principal imaging modality for detection and diagnosis of aortic stenosis (AS), as well as for grading of severity.

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Stenosis Aortic Article 75

American College of Cardiology

MARCH 26, 2024

Blaha, MD, MPH discuss Prevalence of Aortic Valve Calcium and the Long-Term Risk of Incident Severe Aortic Stenosis. In this interview, Richard A. Chazal MD, MACC and Michael J.

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Aortic valve Aortic Stenosis Article 63

American College of Cardiology

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

What are the risk factors and characteristics of aortic growth after the arterial switch operation (ASO) for dextro-transposition of the great arteries (d-TGA)?

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Aortic Risk Factors Article 70

American College of Cardiology

APRIL 8, 2024

The goal of the DEDICATE-DZHK6 trial was to evaluate transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) compared with surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) among patients with severe aortic stenosis and low to intermediate surgical risk.

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Aortic valve Stenosis Aortic Article 60

Cardiology Update

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is the standard treatment for severe aortic stenosis, but post-TAVR leaflet thrombus, identified by hypoattenuated leaflet thickening (HALT), poses potential risks like cerebral thromboembolic events. had thrombus at any aortic valve complex. Original article: Choi Y et al.

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TAVR Aortic valve Outcomes Aortic 122

American College of Cardiology

APRIL 22, 2024

Is there a difference in clinical performance between different bileaflet mechanical aortic valve prostheses?

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Aortic valve Aortic Article 58

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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Aortic valve Aortic Thrombosis Bicuspid/Mitral 52

American College of Cardiology

JUNE 7, 2024

A novel interactive, online decision aid used at the point of care among patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) was strongly endorsed by patients and clinicians, easy to use and improved the quality of shared decision-making with a treatment decision that reflected patient values.

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Stenosis Aortic Article 58

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 9, 2024

Background Acute aortic dissection (AAD) is a life-threatening medical condition with high early fatality. Methods Studies relevant to our topic were attained through a database search and manual scrutiny of references lists of articles obtained from the electronic databases.

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Aortic Article 59

European Journal of Heart Failure

JANUARY 31, 2024

ABSTRACT Patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) may develop heart failure (HF), the presence of which has traditionally been deemed as a final stage in AS progression with poor outcomes. The use of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has become the preferred therapy for most patients with AS and concomitant HF.

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Aortic valve Heart Failure Aortic TAVR 40

American College of Cardiology

JUNE 11, 2024

What is the change in incidence, clinical presentation, treatment, and outcome for quantitatively defined severe aortic stenosis (AS) over the last 20 years in a population-based community?

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Stenosis Aortic Outcomes Article 40

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 23, 2024

Aims The majority of patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) planned for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) are elective outpatients. In the present article, we report the study protocol of the ResKriVer-TAVI trial. Methods ResKriVer-TAVI will enroll AS patients planned for elective TAVI.

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Aortic valve Aortic COVID-19 Blood Pressure 53

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

MARCH 5, 2024

This study aimed to compare hospital and long-term clinical outcomes associated with various treatment methods for Stanford A type aortic intramural hematoma (IMH) to provide a reference for clinical decision-.

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Aortic Outcomes Hospital Research 52

American College of Cardiology

JANUARY 16, 2024

In this review, authors discuss how multimodality imaging can help to evaluate the left ventricular remodeling response and improve risk stratification in patients with moderate aortic stenosis.

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Stenosis Aortic Article 53

American College of Cardiology

AUGUST 21, 2024

In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle looks at the potential role of genetics in predicting risk in people with aortic disease.

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Aortic Outcomes Article 40

American College of Cardiology

MARCH 29, 2024

This technique is now employed in approximately 85% of all isolated aortic valve replacements. In the past decade, the U.S. has seen a 25-fold increase in the use of TAVR, with more than 100,000 performed annually. Despite this growth, there are notable gaps in the evidence.

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Aortic Bicuspid/Mitral Aortic valve Stenosis 49

American College of Cardiology

MARCH 27, 2024

Eagle looks at sacubitril/valsartan in patients hospitalized with decompensated heart failure, then examines the prevalence and outcomes of patients with discordant high gradient aortic stenosis.

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Heart Failure Stenosis Aortic Tricuspid 58

Cardiology Update

JANUARY 28, 2024

The optimal management of concomitant chronic obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) recipients remains a debated topic. Original article: Persits I et al. While some advocate for pre-TAVR percutaneous coronary intervention, others adopt an expectant approach.

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TAVR Aortic valve Outcomes Coronary Artery Disease 115

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, Volume 16, Issue 11 , Page e016039, November 1, 2023.

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Aortic valve Cardiovascular Imaging Article Aortic 40

European Journal of Heart Failure

JANUARY 21, 2024

Bar plots: in red, patients with low flow-low gradient (LF-LG) aortic stenosis; in blue, patients with normal flow-high gradient (HG) aortic stenosis; in black: controls. Aim Cardiac remodelling plays a major role in the prognosis of patients with aortic stenosis (AS) and could impact the benefits of aortic valve replacement.

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Stenosis Aortic Aortic valve Coronary Artery Disease 40

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, Volume 16, Issue 11 , Page e016088, November 1, 2023.

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Aortic valve Cardiovascular Imaging Article Aortic 40

Circulation

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Circulation, Volume 149, Issue 1 , Page 75-76, January 2, 2024.

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Circulation

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Circulation, Volume 149, Issue 1 , Page 73-74, January 2, 2024.

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Article Aneurysm Aortic Circulation 45

European Journal of Heart Failure

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Assessment of fluid overload identifies aortic stenosis (AS) patients at high risk and treatment of fluid overload may potentially improve the post-interventional clinical course. TAVI, transcatheter aortic valve implantation. We aimed to assess the prognostic value of FO beyond established damage markers to guide risk stratification.

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