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Management of Giant Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm with Quadricuspid Valve Stenosis

, 2021
The pulmonary artery aneurysm (PAA) is a rare disease with no well-defined guidelines about the diagnostic criteria and its management. In fact, the indications for surgical treatment and the type of surgical approach are not clear.
Gambacciani A., Mattesini A., Gianfranco M., Giuseppe M. F., Guerrini S., Lorenz V.   +5 more
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Interventional therapies for chronic heart failure: An overview of recent developments

ESC 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, Si Shi, Yutong Guo, Jie Xiong, Bo Wang, Zengxiang Dong, Dianyu Gao, Yingfeng Tu   +7 more
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Real‐world characteristics and treatment of cardiac transthyretin amyloidosis: A multicentre, observational study

ESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 1203-1216, April 2025.
The 366 patients diagnosed with transthyretin amyloidosis cardiomyopathy (ATTR‐CM) were analyzed regarding their clinical characteristics in the first year after approval of tafamidis 61 mg for ATTR‐CM in Germany. Nearly two‐thirds of the patients were in an advanced disease stage and 64% met the key criteria of the “Transthyretin Amyloidosis ...
Richard J. Nies, Svenja Ney, Ingrid Kindermann, Yvonne Bewarder, Angela Zimmer, Fabian Knebel, Katrin Hahn, Sebastian Spethmann, Peter Luedike, Lars Michel, Tienush Rassaf, Maria Papathanasiou, Stefan Störk, Vladimir Cejka, Amin Polzin, Fabian Voss, Malte Kelm, Bernhard Unsöld, Christine Meindl, Michael Paulus, Ali Yilmaz, Bishwas Chamling, Caroline Morbach, Roman Pfister   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Balloon Valvotomy of Calcified Pulmonary Valve Stenosis

Cardiology, 2008
Successful balloon valvotomy in an adult with calcific pulmonic stenosis is described. The incidence of calcification, and the potential use of this technique in calcified pulmonary valves is discussed.
Goudevenos, J., Wren, C., Adams, P. C.
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Isolated pulmonary valve infective endocarditis in isolated congenital supravalvular pulmonary stenosis: a case report

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
Background Isolated pulmonary valve stenosis, of which supravalvular pulmonary stenosis is a subcategory, rarely occurs in live births. Isolated pulmonary valve infective endocarditis is uncommon and typically arises in settings of recurrent transient ...
Nicholas E. Kunce, Adam J. Kisling, Lisa M. Conte, Nitin Rao, Travis E. Harrell   +4 more
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Life-threatening hemoptysis following mitral valvuloplasty for rheumatic mitral stenosis

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2019
Background: Massive hemoptysis is a rare complication of rheumatic mitral valve stenosis. Its recurrence following successful initial treatment of the stenosis has not, to our knowledge, been described.
Mark E. Sutherland, Hassan Haji, Saif M. Borgan, Kelli M. Eimer, Robert M. Reed, Michael T. McCurdy   +5 more
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Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation in humans - Results in 59 consecutive patients

, 2005
Background - Right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) reconstruction with valved conduits in infancy and childhood leads to reintervention for pulmonary regurgitation and stenosis in later life.Methods and Results - Patients with pulmonary regurgitation ...
Coats, L, Razavi, RS, Bonhoeffer, P, Boudjemline, Y, Khambadkone, S, Pellerin, D, Deanfield, J, Tsang, V, Derrick, G, Cooper, J, Taylor, A, Muthurangu, V, Hegde, SR   +12 more
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Comparative performance of risk prediction indices for mortality or readmission following heart failure hospitalization

ESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 1227-1236, April 2025.
Comparative performance of 7 risk prediction indices in patients hospitalized for heart failure. In this cohort of 1206 patients, the LENT index offered the greatest discrimination, calibration, and overall accuracy in predicting 30‐day composite all‐cause mortality or readmission following hospitalization for heart failure.
Tauben Averbuch, Ali Zafari, Shofiqul Islam, Shun Fu Lee, Rajiv Sankaranarayanan, Stephen J Greene, Mamas A Mamas, Ambarish Pandey, Harriette GC Van Spall   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recurrent bioprosthetic tricuspid valve endocarditis with valve stenosis and septic pulmonary embolism

Folia Cardiologica
INTRODUCTION: Severe bioprosthetic tricuspid valve stenosis with pulmonary embolism is an extremely rare complication of recurrent infective endocarditis (IE) in intravenous drug abuse patients.
Tomasz Czerski, Szymon Jaszczur, Alicja Borowska, Krzysztof Kuśmierski   +3 more
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Mitral valve replacement at Tygerberg Hospital: a 5 year follow-up

SA Heart Journal, 2017
This study provides 5-year follow-up data of isolated mitral valve replacements with mechanical prosthesis at a large South African tertiary hospital. It also assessed the significance of pre-operative parameters to predict mortality.
B.J. Barnard, P.J. le Roux
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