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Structure-function relationships in the aortic valve [PDF]

, 2012
PhDGlobally, heart valve dysfunction constitutes a large portion of the cardiovascular disease load, causing high rates of mortality in European and industrialized countries.
Anssari-Benam, Afshin
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Perioperative Outcomes After Bioprosthetic Valve Replacement in Patients Sensitized to Alpha-Gal

Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports
Background: Alpha-gal syndrome from tick bites, due to sensitivity to alpha-gal, can cause severe allergies. Heart valve implants contain alpha-gal, yet alpha-gal syndrome screening is not standard before valve replacement.
Berk Aykut, MD, Hoe King Lim, BEng, Smith M. Ngeve, BA, Anna Hoover, BS, Cathlyn K. Medina, BA, Jacob Scherba, BS, Ashley Menken, BS, Douglas M. Overbey, MD, MPH, Tariq M. Omer, MS, Scott P. Commins, MD, PhD, Joseph R. Nellis, MD, MBA, Joseph W. Turek, MD, PhD   +11 more
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Successful Management of Myval Transcatheter Heart Valve Embolization Into Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement [PDF]

Texas Heart Institute Journal
Transcatheter heart valve embolization is a serious and rare complication of transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Having a strategy for promptly managing transcatheter heart valve embolization is crucial to avoid emergency conversion from ...
Artemio García-Escobar, MD, Guillermo Galeote, MD, PhD, Alfonso Jurado-Román, MD, PhD, Santiago Jiménez-Valero, MD, José Ángel Cabrera, MD, PhD, Raúl Moreno, MD, PhD   +5 more
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Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Degenerated Surgical Prosthesis: What Does the Science Say in 2019?

, 2019
E. Murat Tuzcu of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates and Ourania Preventza of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, discuss valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement versus redo surgical aortic valve replacement ...
Ourania Preventza (5175572), E. Murat Tuzcu (5166011)   +1 more
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Transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Research Reports in Clinical Cardiology, 2013
Anneke Damberg, Carina Benstoem, Ruediger Autschbach, Andreas GoetzenichDepartment of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University Clinic RWTH Aachen, Aachen, GermanyAbstract: The standard treatment for symptomatic severe aortic valve stenosis is ...
Damberg A, Benstoem C, Autschbach R, Goetzenich A   +3 more
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Aortic Valve Replacement

The Journal of ExtraCorporeal Technology, 1990
Indications for aortic valve replacement can be summarized into two disease processes, moderate to severe aortic stenosis (with or without symptoms) and moderate to severe aortic insufficiency. Fortunately, standards of care differ with each physician and so indications for aortic valve replacement are not clearly defined. To understand how the surgeon
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Sixteen year retrospective analysis of rheumatic and non-rheumatic heart disease patients undergoing valve procedures at Groote Schuur Hospital first incidence single aortic and mitral valve replacement

, 2012
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.Rheumatic heart disease is still the most common cause of valvular heart lesions requiring replacement or repair procedures worldwide.
Ogunrombi, Akinwumi Babatunde
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Mechanical versus biological aortic valve replacement strategies. [PDF]

, 2016
Aortic valve replacement (AVR) is the most frequently performed procedure in valve surgery. The controversy about the optimal choice of the prosthetic valve is as old as the technique itself. Currently there is no perfect valve substitute available.
Englberger, Lars, Gisler, Fabian, Carrel, Thierry, Reineke, David Christian   +3 more
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Stentless aortic valve replacement: an update

, 2011
Junjiro KobayashiDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, JapanAbstract: Although porcine aortic valves or pericardial tissue mounted on a stent have made implantation techniques easier, these valves ...
Kobayashi J, Junjiro Kobayashi
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#4 Surgical Outcomes and Decision Making for Bicuspid Aortic Valve

Graduate Medical Education Research Journal
Mentor: Angela Yetman Program: Pediatrics – Cardiology Type: Original Research Background: Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most common congenital heart lesion and is associated with aortic stenosis or regurgitation, endocarditis, and/or ascending ...
Adam Larsen, David Danford, Angela Yetman   +2 more
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