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Author(s):
Katrina Mountfort
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3 years ago
The growing epidemic of cardiovascular disease, together with an ageing population represents a substantial clinical challenge that stretches healthcare budgets. There is an urgent need for both interventions focused on prevention and treatment innovations. In two sessions of presentations at EuroPCR on the 20th May 2014 in Paris, companies presented their latest innovations. The aim of these…
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Author(s):
Miho Fukui
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João L Cavalcante
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3 years ago
Degenerative calcific aortic stenosis (AS) is one of the most common valvular heart diseases, affecting >3% of those aged >65 years in the West.1 As a result of an aging population, the prevalence of AS is expected to increase. Severe AS causes chronic pressure overload of the left ventricle (LV), resulting in LV hypertrophy (LVH), diastolic dysfunction, an increase in the size of the left…
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Author(s):
Nicolas M Van Mieghem
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Joost Daemen
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1 year ago
Prof Nicolas Van Mieghem and Dr Joost Daemen return with their critical review series, View from the Thoraxcenter, to preview the most anticipated late-breaking and featured science trials of ACC.23.
Which trials have the potential to change practice? What are the key considerations for patient care and research? What is the context of the top trials of ACC?
Trials covered in detail include:
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Paul Sorajja
Job title: Director of the Center for Valve and Structural Heart Disease
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BAV: SAVR versus TAVR
Author(s):
Arthur J Lee
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Imran Baig
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Katherine B Harrington
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et al
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1 year ago
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Valve-in-valve TAVR
Author(s):
Emily Perdoncin
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Gaetano Paone
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Isida Byku
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1 year ago
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Ottavio Alfieri
Job title: Professor of Cardiac Surgery, and Chief, Department of Cardiac Surgery
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Author(s):
Nicolas M Van Mieghem
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Joost Daemen
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1 year ago
Prof Nicolas Van Mieghem and Dr Joost Daemen interprets the findings from the top 10 ACC.23/WCC late-breaking and featured science trials and studies in their critical View from the Thoraxcenter review series. Join them as they consider the implications for research and offer an insight into how they will incorporate the latest data into their day-to-day clinical practice.
What are the top…
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Annapoorna Kini
Job title: The Mount Sinai Hospital
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Author(s):
Linda D Gillam
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3 years ago
A patient presents to their physician with progressive dyspnea on exertion, orthopnea, and fatigue. Physical examination reveals bibasal rales, distended neck veins, an S3 gallop, and an apical holo-systolic murmur. The clinical diagnosis is straightforward - this patient has congestive heart failure.Almost certainly one of the first tests performed in this patientÔÇÖs diagnostic evaluation will…
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