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Balloon-Expandable vs. Self-Expanding Valves for Transcatheter Bicuspid AS

American College of Cardiology

What are the procedural and clinical outcomes of balloon-expandable valves (BEVs) and self-expanding valves (SEVs) in Sievers type 1 bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) stenosis?

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Bicuspid Aortic Valve Atorvastatin Treatment Study

American College of Cardiology

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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Surgical vs. Transcatheter MV Replacement for Failed Mitral Prostheses

American College of Cardiology

In patients with failed mitral valve prostheses, what are the clinical outcomes of redo surgical mitral valve replacement (SMVR) versus transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR), and how does hospital case volume relate to outcomes?

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Secondary Mitral Regurgitation Phenotypes and M-TEER Trials: Key Points

American College of Cardiology

The following are key points to remember from a state-of-the-art review on the evolving concept of secondary mitral regurgitation (MR) phenotypes and lessons from the mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER) trials.

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Natural History of Bicuspid and Aneurysm-Associated Aortic Valve Disease

American College of Cardiology

Douglas Weaver MD, MACC discuss the history of and complications associated with bicuspid valvuloaortopathy. In this interview, Hector I. Michelena, MD, FACC and W.

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Mitral valvular surgery outcomes in a centre with a dedicated mitral multi-disciplinary team

The British Journal of Cardiology

We assessed outcomes following mitral valvular surgery in a tertiary referral centre with a dedicated mitral multi-disciplinary team (MDT). This was a single-centre retrospective review of prospectively collected data within the ‘mitral database’ of mitral valvular disease patients.

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Anticoagulation After Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement

American College of Cardiology

What are the bleeding and thrombotic events associated with direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) or vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) in a prospective cohort of patients who underwent transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR)?