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Perspectives on Heart Valve Repair

Circulation

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue 9 , Page 661-662, August 27, 2024.

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International task force standardizes heart valve disease care measures

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

An international task force has developed standards for tracking outcome measures of patients with heart valve disease, a condition which is expected to double in prevalence by 2040. 17 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes. The standards were published Feb.

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Taskforce Develops New Standards to Monitor Adults with Heart Valve Disease

DAIC

Highlights include: Due to the aging population and improvement in diagnostic strategies, the prevalence of heart valve disease is expected to double by 2040 and triple by 2060.As As a result, it is estimated that the number of patients requiring heart valve interventions will increase significantly in the coming decades.

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Autus Valve | The expandable artificial heart valve

Wellnest

In such scenarios, cardiologists’ primary form of treatment for children with coronary heart disease is a heart valve implant. Unfortunately, the traditional pulmonary valves have a fixed diameter that can’t match the size of the child’s heart over time.

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Directed Differentiation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells to Heart Valve Cells

Circulation

Circulation, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:A main obstacle in current valvular heart disease research is the lack of high-quality homogeneous functional heart valve cells. Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs)-derived heart valve cells may help with this dilemma.

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Leaky Heart Valves

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

We are blessed with 4 heart valves – 2 on the left side which are known as the mitral and aortic valves and 2 on the right side – the tricuspid and pulmonary valves. This is why this condition is known as a condition of volume overload – slowly the amount of the blood in circulation increases.

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What Are the Implications of Choosing a TAVR-First Strategy in the Lifetime Management of Aortic Stenosis?: A Critical Review of TAVR-Explant- and Redo-TAVR

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print. Some patients with aortic stenosis may require multiple valve interventions in their lifetime, and choosing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) as the initial intervention may be appealing to many.

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