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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Aortic Stenosis: a Clinical Case
Background. Aortic valve stenosis is common with prevalence of about 0.5 %, peaking in people aged over 70 years mostly due to age-related valve calcification. The year 2002 was marked by the invention and use of the endovascular aortic replacement valve
V. V. Plechev +8 more
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Transcatheter aortic valve replacement
Abstract: Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is indicated in some patients with severe aortic stenosis for whom surgical intervention is not deemed appropriate. This article explores when TAVR may be the preferred treatment option over surgical aortic valve replacement and discusses various prosthetic valve devices.
Karycki, Melody K.
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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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Transcatheter aortic valve replacement in women [PDF]
This review examines the treatment options for women with severe aortic stenosis. It is known that female sex is associated with poorer outcomes after surgical aortic valve replacement. With the introduction and adoption of transcatheter aortic valve replacement as an alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement, there are emerging data about the ...
Itchhaporia, Dipti
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Background: Data concerning the comparison between transcatheter aortic valve implantation and surgical aortic valve replacement in a real-world setting are scarce and in Central and Eastern Europe no such data exist. In this study, we aimed at analyzing
Krzysztof Wilczek +12 more
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Advances in Transcatheter Electrosurgery for Treating Valvular Heart Disease
Delivery of electrosurgery energy through catheters and guidewires enables interventionists to ‘cut’ through obstructive intravascular lesions or across cardiac chambers.
Jaffar M Khan +9 more
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Background Transcatheter aortic valve replacement with supra‐annular transcatheter heart valves has been adopted in patients with degenerated surgical aortic valves.
Luis Augusto P. Dallan +11 more
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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Interventional Program on Nurses’ Knowledge and Practice [PDF]
Background: Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a minimally invasive heart procedure toreplace a thickened aortic valve that not fully opens (aortic valve stenosis). Nurses have a holistic viewpoint on patient care and can play a key role in
Dalia Ali Ameen +3 more
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Same-Day Discharge After Transcatheter Native Aortic and Mitral Valve-in-Valve Replacement
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement has become the gold standard of care in the management of patients with severe aortic stenosis and transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve replacement seems to be an attractive alternative to redo surgery. We report the
Vinayak Nagaraja, MBBS, MS MMed (Clin Epi) +3 more
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Late Type A Dissection After Transfemoral Aortic Valve Replacement
An 87-year-old woman had residual moderate to severe aortic insufficiency following transcatheter aortic valve replacement. A year later, she developed extensive Stanford type A aortic dissection originating at the supra-annular aortic edge of the ...
Michael E. Pontious, BS +6 more
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