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Author(s):
Usha Krishnan
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3 years ago
Pediatric interventional cardiology was born 40 years ago in 1966, when William Rashkind developed balloon septostomy in neonates with transposition of the great arteries.1 Almost a decade later, Andreas Gruentzig developed coronary angioplasty (between 1972 and 1976), which heralded an explosive era of interventional therapy for adults with heart disease, overshadowing the advances in…
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Trevor J Simard
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Mackram F Eleid
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2 years ago
Author(s):
Nils Perrin
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Anita W Asgar
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2 years ago
Author(s):
Mikhael El-Chami
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6 years ago
Mikhael El-Chami from Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA discusses Micra Transcatheter Pacing System.
Filmed by Radcliffe Cardiology on-site at HRS 2017.
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Jacob Green
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Vasilis Babaliaros
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Peter Block
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3 years ago
Mitral regurgitation (MR) is the most prevalent form of valvular heart disease. Its major causes are primary mitral leaflet abnormalities (valve prolapse, healed endocarditis, or rheumatic disease), primary myocardial disease (functional MR), and ischemic disease. Even with severe MR, affected individuals may remain asymptomatic for long periods of time.1 The early, compensated state of MR is…
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Author(s):
Somsupha Kanjanauthai
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Kabir Bhasin
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Luigi Pirelli
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et al
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3 years ago
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has been established as a therapeutic option for patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis who are considered to be of intermediate, high or prohibitive surgical risk.1–5 As a result of favorable TAVR outcomes and substantial improvements in transcatheter heart valve (THV) technologies and implantation techniques, the feasibility of broadening…
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Author(s):
Eden C Payabyab
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Lindsay S Elbaum
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Navneet Sharma
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2 years ago
Author(s):
Hemal Gada
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Kendra J Grubb
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1 year ago
Dr Hemal Gada (UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, US) and his team published an informative review article on “Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Optimization Strategies: Cusp Overlap, Commissural Alignment, Sizing, and Positioning”, in a comprehensive special focus issue on the “Lifetime Management of Patients With Aortic Stenosis” edited byDr Kendra Grubb(Emory Structural Heart and Valve…
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Author(s):
Ahmad Younes
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Guilherme Ferragut Attizzani
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Ankur Kalra
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3 years ago
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a recent innovation that has transformed the care of patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis. It has emerged as an alternative for surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in prohibitive-, high-risk, and more recently, intermediate-risk surgical patients. More than 200,000 TAVRs have been performed in 65 countries around the world.1
As…
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