aortic valve replacement

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Percutaneous Approach With Coil Embolization for Annular Rupture During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

06/02/2023

Ravinder Singh Rao, MD, DM¹; Kailash Chandra, MD²; Govind Narayan Sharma, MD, DM²; Prashant Varshney, DA, DNB³

Ravinder Singh Rao, MD, DM1; Kailash ...

A 78-year-old man with symptomatic bicuspid severe aortic stenosis with LVEF 50% was planned for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). His CT scan revealed calcified bicuspid aortic valve (Sievers Type 1), calcified raphe with...

A 78-year-old man with...

06/02/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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Balloon-Assisted Crossing of a Severely Calcified Aortic Valve During Transcatheter Balloon-Expandable Bioprosthesis Implantation

09/01/2022

Gianpiero D’Amico, MD, PhD; Francesco Gallo, MD; Giovanni Vescovo, MD; Federico Ronco, MD; Marco Barbierato, MD

Gianpiero D’Amico, MD, PhD; Francesc...

A 91-year-old man presented with syncope secondary to severe aortic stenosis. A transthoracic echocardiogram revealed a calcified stenotic trileaflet aortic valve with a mean gradient of 60 mmHg.

A 91-year-old man presented with...

09/01/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Long-Term Outcomes of Veteran Patients After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

09/01/2021

Hani Jneid, MD¹; Douglas Farmer, MD²; Riyad Y. Kherallah, MD¹; David Paniagua, MD¹; Ali Denktas, MD¹; Biswajit Kar, MD¹; Lorraine Cornwell, MD²; Alvin Blaustein, MD¹; Ourania Preventza, MD^3,4; Ernesto Jimenez, MD²

Hani Jneid, MD1; Douglas Farmer, MD2;...

We examined consecutive patients who underwent TAVR at a single Veterans Affairs medical center through 2019. The 189 consecutive patients enrolled (mean age, 76.6 ± 8.4 years) had a median Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) score of 6.0...

We examined consecutive patients...

09/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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Double Trouble: Transapical Transcatheter Replacement of the Aortic and Mitral Valves in a Single Operation

05/24/2018

Mohamad Lazkani, MD; Joshua Waggoner, MD; Michael Morris, MD; George Gellert, MD; Kenith Fang, MD; Ashish Pershad, MD

Mohamad Lazkani, MD; Joshua Waggoner...

This case represents the first reported simultaneous transcatheter aortic and mitral valve replacements for native aortic and mitral stenosis performed via the transapical approach.

This case represents the first...

05/24/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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Percutaneous Transaxillary Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

05/31/2017

Rajiv Tayal, MD, MPH; Amer Hawatmeh, MD; Mohammad Thawabi, MD; Bruce Haik, MD; Najam Wasty, MD; Mark Russo, MD

Rajiv Tayal, MD, MPH; Amer Hawatmeh,...

The axillary artery is an alternative, large-caliber vessel that can be utilized in the presence of hostile aortoiliac segments. It can accommodate sheaths up to 18 Fr and is infrequently affected by atherosclerosis.

The axillary artery is an...

05/31/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Review

New Aortic Valves on the Horizon

04/01/2010

Ted Feldman, MD, FESC, FACC, FSCAI

Ted Feldman, MD, FESC, FACC, FSCAI ...

Catheter therapy as an alternative to surgical cardiovascular therapy has had a long and steady development process beginning in the 1960s. When Charles Dotter first described opening a superficial femoral artery with a sequence of rigid...

Catheter therapy as an...

04/01/2010

Vascular Disease Management

Review

Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement: Desperately Needed, Definitely Here to Stay

01/06/2010

Horst Sievert, MD

To evaluate the current and future role of percutaneous aortic valve replacement, we need to ask three main questions: 1. What is the natural history of the disease and where did we stand after the widespread availability of surgical aortic...

To evaluate the current and...

01/06/2010

Vascular Disease Management