Background: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation has become an option for high-surgical-risk patients with aortic valve disease. Objective: To evaluate the in-hospital and one-year follow-up outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve implantation ...
André Luiz Silveira Souza+9 more
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Transaortic transcatheter aortic valve implantation - rationale and design of the multicenter, multinational prospective ROUTE registry [PDF]
Transaortic transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAo-TAVI) is a recently developed approach that provides an alternative delivery route for valve replacement in patients with vascular abnormalities or existing comorbidities.
Dariusz Jagielak+6 more
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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+23 more
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Introduction: Alkaptonuria is an autosomal-recessive disorder affecting the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine which results in accumulation of homogentisic acid in connective tissues.
Spas Kitov+5 more
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Prognostic role of TAPSE to PASP ratio in outpatients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction
Abstract Aims Few data are available regarding the role of tricuspid annulus plane systolic excursion to pulmonary artery systolic pressure (TAPSE/PASP), a measurement of right ventricular to pulmonary artery coupling, in patients with chronic heart failure and left ventricular systolic dysfunction.
Mauro Riccardi+9 more
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Minimally invasive approach to calcified aortic valve replacement: Anaesthetic considerations
For symptomatic patients with severe calcified aortic valve stenosis, open heart surgery for aortic valve replacement remains the gold standard. However, elderly patients with an increased risk profile can be treated by using transcatheter approaches ...
Tomas Vymazal
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Prognostic value of the ratio between prothesis area and indexed annulus area measured by multiSlice-CT for transcatheter aortic valve implantation procedures [PDF]
Background Postprocedural aortic regurgitations following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) procedures remain an is- sue. Benefit of oversizing strategies to prevent them isn’t well established.
Bical A+8 more
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Incidenza, cause e predittori di reospedalizzazione in pazienti sottoposti ad impianto transcatetere di valvola aortica [PDF]
La frequenza, le cause e i predittori di reospedalizzazione dopo impianto transcatetere di valvola aortica sono stati analizzati in una popolazione di 900 pazienti inclusi nel Bern TAVI Registry tra Agosto 2007 e Giugno 2014.
Franzone, Anna
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Abstract Large clinical data underscore that heart failure is independently associated to an increased risk of negative cognitive outcome and dementia. Emerging evidence suggests that cerebral hypoperfusion, stemming from reduced cardiac output and vascular pathology, may contribute to the largely overlapping vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease ...
Mauro Massussi+6 more
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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Bailout for Severe Aortic Insufficiency due to Aortic Root Dissection Following Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Repair [PDF]
This novel case documents the successful use of transcatheter aortic valve implantation to treat severe aortic insufficiency arising from aortic root dissection following the repair of an ascending aortic aneurysm in a 75-year-old female patient.
Alejandro Sanchez-Nadales, MD+4 more
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