Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery I: Patient Selection, Evaluation, and Planning. [PDF]
Widespread adoption of minimally invasive mitral valve repair and replacement may be fostered by practice consensus and standardization. This expert opinion, first of a 3-part series, outlines current best practices in patient evaluation and selection ...
Agnihotri, Arvind K +24 more
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Effect Of Coronary Bypass And Valve Structure On Outcome In Isolated Valve Replacement For Aortic Stenosis [PDF]
Reports differ regarding the effect of concomitant coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in patients who undergo aortic valve replacement (AVR) for aortic stenosis (AS), and no reports have described the effect of aortic valve structure in patients who ...
Filardo, Giovanni +8 more
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Non-infectious Pseudoaneurysm of Ascending Aorta Following Redo-Aortic Valve Replacement [PDF]
A 46 year old man had been undergone Aortic valve replacement (AVR) due to mechanical aortic valve endocarditis two month ago. He was referred to Imam Khomeini hospital because of dyspnea since two weeks ago.
Younes Nozari, Nehzat Akiash
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Aortic root replacement for bicuspid aortic valve dysfunction does not impair survival rates
Background Patients with a bicuspid aortic valve carry an increased risk for developing an ascending aortic aneurysm due to intrinsic aortic wall alterations.
Onur B. Dolmaci +4 more
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Background Redo surgical aortic valve replacement (rSAVR) has for long been the therapeutic reference standard for degenerated surgical aortic bioprostheses.
Matthias Raschpichler +13 more
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Assessment for Surgery for Aortic Valve Replacement [PDF]
Surgical management of symptomatic aortic valve disease has been successful in improving both survival and function. Data reported from the literature suggest an operative mortality of from 5% to 8%, with a lower risk for elective replacement, and a 65 ...
Quinn, John
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A fully echo-guided trans-apical aortic valve implantation [PDF]
The trans-apical aortic valve implantation (TA-AVI) is an established technique for high-risk patients requiring aortic valve replacement. Traditionally, preoperative (computed tomography (CT) scan, coronary angiogram) and intra-operative imaging ...
Ferrari, Enrico +3 more
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Risk factors for paravalvular leak after transcatheter aortic valve replacement [PDF]
Objective. To assess risk factors for paravalvular leak (PVL) after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in a large single-center cohort, including measurement of aortic valve calcification using a reproducible method. Methods.
Pollari, Francesco
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Cardiac interventions in patients with achondroplasia: a systematic review. [PDF]
Patients with achondroplasia and other causes of dwarfism suffer from increased rates of cardiovascular disease relative to the remainder of the population.
Choi, Jae Hwan +6 more
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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Insights into Clinical Complications [PDF]
__Abstract__ Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) has emerged as a viable and safe treatment for patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) who are considered ineligible or at prohibitive risk for Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement (SAVR)1–4.
Boon, R.M.A. (Robert) van der
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