Transcatheter aortic valve replacement

A case example demonstrating a tailored step-by-step strategy including PCI, BAV, peripheral angioplasty, percutaneous ventricular assistance, and TAVI to treat a critical patient in cardiogenic shock.

A case example demonstrating a...

12/30/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty in the TAVI Era: A Multicenter Registry

11/25/2015

Claudio Moretti , MD;

Simona Gulino , MD;

Dae Hyun Lee , MD;

Fabrizio D'Ascenzo , MD;

Stefano Cannata , MD;

Stefano Salizzoni , MD;

Giuseppe Gargiulo , MD;

Corrado Tamburino , MD, PhD, FESC, FSCAI;

Pierluigi Omedè , MD;

Ilaria Meynet , MD;

Giorgio Quadri , MD;

Ludovica Marangoni , MD;

Sebastiano Marra , MD;

Salma Taha , MD;

David Hildick-Smith , MD, MBBS, FRCP;

Fiorenzo Gaita , MD;

Marco Barbanti , MD;

Sujay Chandran , MD;

Giuseppe G.L. Biondi-Zoccai , MD, PhD;

Paul-Louis Vervueren , MD;

Giacomo Boccuzzi , MD;

Roshan Weerackody , MD;

Jose de la Torre Hernandez , MD, PhD;

Vincent Nijenhuis , MD;

Norris Igbineweka , MD;

Patrick Lim , MD;

Ten Berg ;

Federico Conrotto , MD;

Didier Carrié , MD, PhD;

Few clinical data about indications and prognoses of patients undergoing balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) in the TAVI era have been reported. Data from all consecutive patients undergoing BAV in seven European centers from 2006 to 2013 were...

Few clinical data about...

11/25/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Commentary

"Like a Patient Etherized Upon a Table"? Not Exactly

10/30/2015

Peter C. Block , MD;

Dr Block discusses the results of this month's study by Piayda et al, and offers his thoughts on anesthesia-only TAVR.

Dr Block discusses the results...

10/30/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

True First-Line Local-Anesthesia Only Protocol for Transfemoral TAVI

10/30/2015

Nina Staiger ;

Markus Reinartz , MD;

Kerstin D. Piayda , MD;

Predrag Matic ;

Sameer A. Gafoor , MD;

Stefan C. Bertog , MD;

Mirko Doss , MD;

Laura Vaskelyte , MD;

Horst Sievert , MD, FESC, FACC, FSCAI;

Jennifer Franke , MD;

Ilona Hofmann , MD;

An evaluation of the safety and feasibility of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) via femoral access under local anesthesia only (without concomitant sedation) as the initial strategy.

An evaluation of the safety and...

10/30/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

First Reported Successful Femoral Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Using the Edwards Sapien 3 Valve

10/01/2015

Stephane Fournier , MD, PhD;

Eric Eeckhout , MD, PhD;

Christian Roguelov , MD;

Olivier Muller , MD, PhD;

Pierre Monney , MD;

Andrea Zuffi , MD;

Juan F. Iglesias , MD;

Salah D. Qanadli , MD, PhD;

Cecile Courbon , MD;

The authors assess the safety and feasibility of transfemoral valve-in-valve implantation of the new Edwards Sapien 3 in a degenerated Mitroflow bioprosthesis.

The authors assess the safety...

10/01/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

TAVR Through Heavily Calcified Aorta Following Atheroma Retrieval With the "Elevator" Technique

10/01/2015

Jason C. Kovacic , MD, PhD;

Nagendra Boopathy Senguttuvan , MD;

Furqan Tejani , MD;

Samin K. Sharma , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

George D. Dangas , MD, PhD;

Sharif Ellozy , MD;

Annapoorna S. Kini , MD, MRCP, FACC;

An 86-year-old Caucasian female with severe symptomatic, inoperable aortic stenosis was accepted for high-risk transfemoral TAVR due to severe calcification of the aorta. The authors utilized the elevator technique, which allows axial...

An 86-year-old Caucasian female...

10/01/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Natural Course of Paravalvular Regurgitation After Implantation of the Self-Expanding CoreValve: Insights From Serial TEE Measurements

09/02/2015

Michel Zuber , MD;

Zaid Sabti , MD;

Tardu Özkartal , MD;

Paul Erne , MD, FESC;

Stefan Toggweiler , MD;

Thomas F. Lüscher , MD, FRCP;

This study investigates the natural course of paravalvular regurgitation (PAR) with serial transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) measurements. TEE studies were performed at 30 days and 1 year post TAVI with the self-expanding CoreValve for...

This study investigates the...

09/02/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology