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Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery I: Patient Selection, Evaluation, and Planning. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
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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Prevalence, predictors, and prognostic implications of residual impairment of functional capacity after transcatheter aortic valve implantation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background: Patients with degenerative aortic stenosis (AS) referred for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) typically have advanced cardiac and vascular adverse remodeling and multiple comorbidities and, therefore, might not recover a normal ...
Abdelghani, M. (Mohammad)   +9 more
core   +2 more sources

A contemporary simple risk score for prediction of severe acute kidney injury after heart transplantation

open access: yesESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 1166-1175, April 2025.
A contemporary simple risk score for prediction of severe AKI after HT. Abstract Background The aim of this study was to develop a simple risk score to estimate severe acute kidney injury (AKI) risk based on a large contemporary heart transplantation (HT) cohort.
Shuangshuang Zhu   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

The use of transcatheter aortic valve replacement vs surgical aortic valve replacement for the treatment of aortic stenosis

open access: yesResearch Reports in Clinical Cardiology, 2015
Hanna A Jensen, Lillian L Tsai, Vinod H Thourani Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Joseph B Whitehead Department of Surgery, Structural Heart and Valve Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA Abstract: Severe aortic stenosis (AS)
Jensen HA, Tsai LL, Thourani VH
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Assessment for Surgery for Aortic Valve Replacement [PDF]

open access: yes, 1979
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
core   +1 more source

Prediction of Turbulent Shear Stresses through Dysfunctional Bileaflet Mechanical Heart Valves using Computational Fluid Dynamics

open access: yes, 2018
There are more than 300,000 heart valves implanted annually worldwide with about 50% of them being mechanical valves. The heart valve replacement is often a common treatment for severe valvular disease.
Gamage, Peshala T.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Interventional therapies for chronic heart failure: An overview of recent developments

open access: yesESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 1081-1094, April 2025.
Abstract Heart failure (HF), the final manifestation of most cardiovascular diseases, has become a major global health concern, affecting millions of individuals. Despite basic drug treatments, patients present with high morbidity and mortality rates. However, recent advancements in interventional therapy have shown promising results in improving the ...
Bingchen Guo   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Durability: Focus on Structural Valve Deterioration

open access: yesJournal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement has emerged as a valuable alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with severe aortic stenosis. Given the expansion of transcatheter aortic valve replacement to lower‐risk and younger populations
Antonin Trimaille   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantationversus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement to Improve Quality of Life in Patients >70 Years of Age with Severe Aortic Stenosis

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2016
Objective: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation has recently been used in the treatment of severe aortic valve stenosis, particularly in patients with high mortality and morbidity rates for open surgery.
Cemal Kocaaslan   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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