Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MARCH 20, 2025

ObjectivesRegistered, prospective, multicenter study of the short-term clinical outcomes of a novel transcatheter aortic valve system (Xcor system, Saint Medical Technology, Inc., Procedural, in-hospital, and follow-up clinical outcomes were evaluated after procedures.ResultsThe average age of the 130 patients was 71.24.4

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Open Heart

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

We aimed to quantify the impact of health system disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic, on their clinical outcomes and whether these differed by socioeconomic and ethnic subgroups. Outcomes did not vary by pandemic birth era according to social characteristics.

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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. Perivalvular thrombus has also been reported. had thrombus at any aortic valve complex.

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Med Page Today

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- Submaximal balloon angioplasty for symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (ICAS) improved outcomes over aggressive medical management alone, the BASIS trial from China showed. The incidence of the composite of any.

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Med Page Today

JANUARY 16, 2025

(MedPage Today) -- People with transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CA) on top of aortic stenosis (AS) fared particularly poorly in a large cohort study, which researchers said calls for awareness and timely treatment. Compared with AS alone.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

This concept should be applied when managing older patients with severe aortic stenosis. Although left ventricular wall hypertrophy is expected in patients with aortic stenosis, it should not be assumed that this is caused only by aortic stenosis.

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DAIC

JANUARY 29, 2024

Getty Images milla1cf Mon, 01/29/2024 - 14:24 January 29, 2024 — Despite national guidelines recommending surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) for patients under age 65 with severe aortic stenosis , many hospitals are still opting for a nonsurgical approach in patients under 60—possibly with poorer survival rates.

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Open Heart

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Objectives The clinical outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in patients with aortic stenosis (AS) and concomitant active cancer remain insufficiently explored. This study aimed to assess the midterm outcomes of TAVR in patients diagnosed with AS and active cancer.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MARCH 9, 2025

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has become a leading treatment for aortic stenosis, but managing thromboembolic and bleeding risks post-procedure remains challenging. This review examines current evidence on antithrombotic therapy after TAVR.

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American College of Cardiology

MARCH 18, 2024

What is the prevalence and what are the survival outcomes of patients with discordant high-gradient aortic stenosis (DHG-AS; defined as mean gradient [MG] ≥40 mm Hg and effective orifice area [EOA] >1.0

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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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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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Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

JANUARY 22, 2025

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. Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print.

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American College of Cardiology

MARCH 6, 2024

What are the hemodynamic and clinical outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) among patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) and a small aortic annulus?

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Initial suspicion of underlying ICAD could help in the early adoption of rescue techniques, reducing the total number of passes and increasing the chances of sustained final recanalization and favorable outcomes. Bailout strategies were required more often in the IS+ group (34.6% Vs12.8%; p=0.001), and procedural times were longer (56.6

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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

APRIL 19, 2024

Patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) and left ventricular (LV) dysfunction demonstrate improvement in left ventricular injection fraction (LVEF) after aortic valve replacement (AVR). The timing and magnit.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 2, 2024

Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is a common congenital heart condition that can lead to some valve-related complications, such as aortic stenosis and/or regurgitation, and is often associated with aortic root dilation.

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Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

MARCH 21, 2025

BACKGROUND:Patients with paradoxical low-flow, low-gradient severe aortic stenosis exhibit low transvalvular flow rate (Q), while maintaining preserved left ventricular ejection fraction. P=0.011) and composite outcome (hazard ratio, 1.64;P<0.001). Subgroups were based on MR severity (severe and nonsevere). P<0.001).

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JAMA Cardiology

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Aortic stenosis (AS) due to fibrosis and calcification of the aortic valve is a hazardous component of cardiovascular disease burden—after developing symptomatic AS, patients survive for an average of less than 2 years without treatment.

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American College of Cardiology

MARCH 27, 2024

In this week’s View, Dr. 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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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Venous stenosis is a common complication of transvenous lead implantation, but optimal management for symptomatic patients has not been well defined.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JULY 5, 2024

IntroductionPrimary pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare congenital heart disease that proves to be a clinical challenge due to the rapidly progressive disease course and high rates of treatment complications.

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Coronary Artery Disease Journal

MAY 13, 2024

Objective To investigate the impact of prior coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and coronary lesion complexity on transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) outcomes for aortic stenosis. 23), which was not associated with better/worse clinical outcomes in patients with prior CABG.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

We defined high-risk post-EVT stenosis as any stenosis with 50% lumen stenosis, associated dissection, re-occlusion during thrombectomy, and severe residual luminal irregularity. Conclusions:Eptifibatide use is associated with lower re-occlusion rates in patients with residual high-risk stenosis after EVT.

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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

JANUARY 22, 2024

Nonmalignant tracheal stenosis is a potentially life threatening conditions that develops as fibrotic healing from intubation, tracheostomy, caustic injury or chronic infection processes like tuberculosis.

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Heart BMJ

JULY 10, 2024

Valvular heart disease, including calcific or degenerative aortic stenosis (AS), is increasingly prevalent among the older adult population. Sarcopenia is an independent predictor of short-term and long-term outcomes after TAVR and should be incorporated as a prognostic marker in preprocedural planning.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 11, 2024

The red arrow shows a roughly 80% stenosis of the proximal LAD. The blue arrow shows another stenosis of the LAD distal to the first diagonal branch of about 99%. The green arrow shows a 95% stenosis of the ostium of the first diagonal branch. Image 2: This is the LAO cranial projection.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

JANUARY 19, 2024

BackgroundAortic stenosis has pathophysiological similarities with atherosclerosis, including the deposition of cholesterol‐containing lipoproteins. Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print. In multivariate analysis, low CCDR (hazard ratio, 2.21 [95% CI, 0.99–4.92],P=0.04)

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Background:Postoperative complication rates of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and carotid artery stenting (CAS) for carotid artery stenosis are recommended to be maintained below a certain threshold. This study indicates the importance of considering surgical volume as a factor to improve outcomes of CEA and CAS in Japan.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

However, the long-term outcomes in patient with an intermediate stenosis received FFR have not yet been investigated comprehensively.Methods:We retrospective included 558 patients underwent both coronary artery angiography (CAG) and FFR.

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DAIC

MARCH 10, 2025

Yasser Sammour, MD, MScpresented "Long-Term Hemodynamic Performance and Clinical Outcomes in Small and Large Aortic Annuli Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis."This The association of BVD with clinical outcomes (unadjusted for covariates) was evaluated by small and large annuli (CT annular diameter 23 vs >23 mm).

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Background and Purpose:We aimed to investigate the effects of evolocumab, a proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type-9 inhibitor for intensive lipid-lowering, on intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (ICAS).Methods:From The primary outcomes were the percentage change in plaque burden and plaque response (plaque regression >5%) rate.

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DAIC

MARCH 14, 2025

Some of the late-breaking topics that will be covered include transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), peripheral artery disease (PAD), and pulmonary embolism (PE): Impact of Age on Procedural Timing for Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis: Results from the Early TAVR Trial The PERFORMANCE II Trial: A Prospective Multicenter Single Arm Investigation (..)

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MARCH 27, 2024

Introduction Congenital tracheal stenosis (CTS) is a rare but life-threatening disease that can lead to respiratory dysfunction in children. Computational fluid dynamics was used to compare the outcomes of different sequences. Both of the diseases require surgical intervention.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

MAY 15, 2024

A new study demonstrates parity between a minimally invasive procedure to replace the aortic valve in the heart—transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)—and surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR).

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Circulation

OCTOBER 23, 2024

BACKGROUND:This study aimed to compare the incidence and prognostic implications of new-onset conduction disturbances after surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in patients with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) aortic stenosis (AS) versus patients with tricuspid aortic valve (TAV) AS (ie, BAV-AS and TAV-AS, respectively).

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Open Heart

JANUARY 24, 2022

Non-rheumatic aortic stenosis (AS) is among the most common valvular diseases in the developed world. In this review, we discuss the current understanding of moderate AS, including the epidemiology, current surveillance and management guidelines, clinical outcomes, and future studies.

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