DAIC

JANUARY 4, 2024

These key takeaways from the research letter on IVL-facilitated valvuloplasty for severely calcified mitral valve stenosis are published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) Cardiovascular Interventions. The research letter’s lead author, Gennaro Giustino, M.D.,

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DAIC

JANUARY 24, 2024

Barr’s death at 39 from sudden cardiac arrest was caused by mitral valve prolapse—a heart valve defect that can affect the heart’s ability to pump blood. This individualized approach is unique. What excites you about the future of heart valve disease study? It can, in some cases, lead to death.

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American Heart News - Heart News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Research Highlights: An analysis of death certificate data from 1999 to 2020 showed a decline in deaths related to infective endocarditis throughout most of the United States yet found an alarming increase of 2%-5% among adults ages 25-44. There was.

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American Heart News - Heart News

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Research Highlights: Edoxaban, a medication taken orally to prevent blood clots from forming, was found to be as effective and safe for stroke and blood clot prevention in patients after heart valve replacement surgery as warfarin, the current.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A team of researchers at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) in Madrid has identified the molecular mechanisms that control the activity of genes involved in both the correct formation of the heart valves and the prevention of their subsequent calcification.

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Heart Valves Research 68

Med Page Today

JUNE 27, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- Undiagnosed heart valve disease was highly prevalent in a large community study of otherwise healthy people recruited from primary care in the U.K., researchers found. There was a 28.2% prevalence of mild, moderate, or severe.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

JANUARY 10, 2024

Combining a biological heart and a silicone robotic pump, researchers created a biorobotic heart that beats like a real one, with a focus on a valve on the left side of the heart.

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Heart Valves Research 109

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 31, 2024

Replacement heart valves that grow inside the body are a step closer to reality following studies led by researchers at Imperial. The results are published in Communications Biology.

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Heart Valves Research 101

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 10, 2024

Combining a biological heart and a silicone robotic pump, researchers created a biorobotic heart that beats like a real one, focusing on a valve on the left side of the heart.

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Heart Valves Research 100

DAIC

JUNE 7, 2024

Getty Images milla1cf Fri, 06/07/2024 - 15:10 June 7, 2024 — Calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) is the major heart valve disease that afflicts nearly 10 million patients globally with an annual mortality exceeding 100,000, and the numbers continue to rise.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This qualitative study explores the perceived benefits and intervention-specific needs of patients who received expectation-focused intervention in the context of heart valve surgery. In addition, it explores potential barriers and adverse effects.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

DECEMBER 13, 2023

within the last two decades, yet accelerated among young adults ages 25 to 44 years old, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Death rates related to infective endocarditis declined in most adults across the U.S.

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Wellnest

AUGUST 8, 2023

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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Circulation

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

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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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

MAY 16, 2024

Although well-known for their thromboresistance, bileaflet mechanical heart valves (BMHV) require lifelong anti-thrombotic therapy. This must be associated with a certain level of thrombogenicity. Since both t.

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Heart Valves Research 52

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Background Valvular heart disease is a major health concern worldwide. The effective management of patients undergoing valve replacement determines their prognosis. Bibliometric analysis of studies on managing patients with artificial heart valves has not been previously performed.

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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

OCTOBER 24, 2024

This study aims to compare the efficacy of the Age-adjusted Charlson Comorbidity Index (ACCI) and the Elixhauser-Van Walraven Comorbidity Index (ECI-VW) in predicting mortality risk among patients undergoing h.

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DAIC

MARCH 5, 2024

Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD, PhD, Named President of the Heart Valve Society 2. Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute is First in Minnesota to Implant Barostim Therapy to Improve Symptoms of Heart Failure 7. Machine Learning Informs a New Tool to Guide Treatment for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure 8.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

AUGUST 7, 2024

However, with the compelling evidence on the safety and efficacy of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), it has become the gold standard treatment option for many patients with symptomatic severe AS. Transfemoral access has been the preferred method for transcatheter heart valve delivery.

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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Stroke is a potentially debilitating complication of heart valve replacement surgery, with rates ranging from 1 to 10%. Despite advancements in surgical techniques, the incidence of postoperative stroke remain.

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ADN Center of Excellence

JANUARY 14, 2024

In the heart of Adana, the Adana City Health Training and Research Center recently became the epicenter of groundbreaking advancements in medical education. Last week marked a significant milestone as the center of excellence for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) procedures hosted a highly successful TAVI Masterclass.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Doctors at Mayo Clinic have used a new catheter-based approach to draw out resistant pockets of infection that settle in the heart, known as right-sided infective endocarditis, without surgery. Unless treated quickly, the walled-off infections can grow, severely damaging heart valves and potentially affecting other organs as well.

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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors for postoperative delirium (POD) in elderly patients undergoing heart valve surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB).

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American Heart News - Stroke News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Research Highlights: Artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning models may help to predict the risk of cardiovascular disease events and detect heart valvular disease, according to two preliminary research studies. One study found that artificial.

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DAIC

JUNE 11, 2024

The Center will also focus on clinical trials for transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) devices for tricuspid regurgitation, new devices for transcatheter mitral valve replacement, and advancing the field of robotic valve surgery. “At

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DAIC

JUNE 24, 2024

Photo by Cedars-Sinai milla1cf Mon, 06/24/2024 - 20:17 June 24, 2024 — Aakriti Gupta, MD , and Michelle Kittleson, MD, PhD , cardiologists in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai , have been selected to join the senior editorial team of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), effective July 1.

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DAIC

MAY 6, 2024

The first cases were performed by Dr. Tamim Nazif , Director of Clinical Research, Dr. Susheel Kodali , Professor of Medicine and Director of the Structural Heart and Valve Center , and Dr. Isaac George , Surgical Director of the Heart Valve Center.

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Circulation

JUNE 17, 2024

Severe disease is managed with valve replacement procedures, which entail high health care–related costs and postprocedural morbidity and mortality. Robust ongoing research programs have elucidated many important molecular pathways contributing to primary valvular heart disease.

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Image courtesy of Henry Ford Health milla1cf Wed, 02/21/2024 - 19:07 February 21, 2024 — An 80-year-old woman from Frankenmuth, Michigan is the first Henry Ford Health structural heart disease patient—and the first ever in Michigan—to receive a new transcatheter heart valve device for treating severe tricuspid regurgitation.

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DAIC

MAY 1, 2024

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) kicks off its SCAI Scientific Sessions 2024 this week, May 2-4 in Long Beach, CA, bringing together more than 1,800 clinicians, scientists, researchers, and innovators in the field of interventional cardiology and endovascular medicine. Sinai Hospital (New York, NY).

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 23, 2024

Cardiogenic dementia is a cognitive impairment caused by heart dysfunction and has received increasing research attention. This study describes the changes in cognitive function associated with coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, heart failure, atrial fibrillation and heart valve disease.

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DAIC

MARCH 8, 2024

The research is funded by a four-year, $7.8 million grant awarded to Georgia Tech by the United States Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) as part of the agency’s call for the development of less invasive treatment technologies for cardiovascular conditions associated with cardiomyopathy.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

OCTOBER 7, 2024

BackgroundEmerging evidence indicates a significant link between various immune cell types and the development of heart valve disorders. Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a common condition that can lead to heart failure, arrhythmias, and even sudden death. Currently, the role of immune cells in MVP is not well understood.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

AUGUST 20, 2024

Some patients who receive heart valve implants develop dangerous blood clots, and researchers from the University of Waterloo contributed to an international collaboration that reduces the risk.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JULY 21, 2024

This manual presents findings from implementing the INCREASE study, a bicentric prospective randomized controlled trial focusing on ERAS in minimally invasive heart valve surgery.MethodsUtilizing the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) and the Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR), the study examined contextual (..)

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European Journal of Heart Failure

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Tricuspid regurgitation (TR): frequency, clinical presentation, management and outcome among patients with severe left-sided valvular heart disease in Europe. ESC-EORP, European Society of Cardiology-EURObservational Research Programme; TV, tricuspid valve.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Methods We included consecutive patients undergoing COMBO and M-TEER between March 2015 and April 2018 at our Heart Valve Center, while excluding patients presenting a case of redo or with previous MV surgery. Aims To evaluate the procedural and clinical outcome of COMBO therapies compared with M-TEER alone.

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