TAVI

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

Commentary

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Patients of Extreme Age: Age is Just a Number

10/01/2015

John J. Lopez , MD;

Falak Shah , MD;

Commentary on this month's article by Orvin et al. Is there an age at which patients should be considered too high risk for TAVI? Unfortunately, the conventional risk models, the STS score and EuroSCORE, are in essence borrowed tools, and are...

Commentary on this month's...

10/01/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Efficacy and Safety of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Aortic Stenosis Patients With Extreme Age

07/15/2015

Alexander Sagie , MD;

Yaron Shapira , MD;

Abid R. Assali , MD;

Hana Vaknin-Assa , MD;

Ran Kornowski , MD;

Amos Levi , MD;

Katia Orvin , MD;

Robert Swift ;

Robert Spalding , DPM;

The in-hospital and long-term outcomes of patients at extreme age with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis who underwent transcatheter aortic valve implantation are investigated. Meticulously selected patients at extreme age benefit from TAVI...

The in-hospital and long-term...

07/15/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Expansion of the Indication of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation – Feasibility and Outcome in "Off-Label" Patients Compared With "On-Label" Patients

04/29/2015

Karl-Heinz Kuck , MD;

Jury Schewel , MD;

Dimitry Schewel , MD;

Peter Wohlmuth ;

Tobias Schmidt , MD;

Felix Kreidel , MD;

Ralf Bader , MD;

Ulrich Schafer , MD;

Christian Frerker , MD;

This study compares both the feasibility and outcomes of “off-label” transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) patients (n=156) with a standard “on-label” TAVR population (n=435) at a single institution.

This study compares both the...

04/29/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Correction of Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome by Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

11/26/2014

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Stefan Blankenberg , MD;

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Moritz Seiffert , MD;

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Hermann Reichenspurner , MD;

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Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is gaining importance, but the influence of this new technique on acquired von Willebrand syndrome has never been examined. We conclude that acquired von Willebrand syndrome due to aortic valve...

Transcatheter aortic valve...

11/26/2014

Journal of Invasive Cardiology