Transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Transient elevation of LV diastolic pressure above LA pressure can occur in severe aortic regurgitation in the diastasis phase. Mitral E wave reversal in such a situation could serve as non-invasive evidence of elevated left ventricular...

Transient elevation of LV...

02/24/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

05/31/2017

Krzysztof Żmudka , MD, PhD;

Artur Dziewierz , MD, PhD;

Tomasz Rakowski , MD, PhD;

Pawel Kleczynski , MD, PhD;

Marzena Daniec , MD;

Danuta Sorysz , MD, PhD;

Lukasz Rzeszutko , MD, PhD;

Jarosław Trębacz , MD, PhD;

Marek Tomala , MD, PhD;

Bartłomiej Nawrotek , MD;

Dariusz Dudek , MD, PhD, FESC;

We aimed to evaluate sex-related differences in short-term and long-term outcomes of patients undergoing balloon aortic valvuloplasty for severe aortic stenosis.

We aimed to evaluate sex-related...

05/31/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Commentary

Paravalvular Regurgitation After TAVR: Time Heals, or Not?

10/01/2015

Biswajit Kar , MD;

Ali E. Denktas , MD;

David Paniagua , MD;

Hani Jneid , MD;

The authors comment on Toggweiler et al’s September 2015 article, which investigated the natural course of paravalvular regurgitation (PAR) with serial TEE measurements. They review the history of PAR, the implications of the Toggweiler...

The authors comment on...

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

Percutaneous Transfemoral Closure of a Pseudoaneurysm at the Left Ventricular Apical Access Site for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

02/01/2015

Ashkan Karimi , MD;

Thomas M. Beaver , MD, MPH;

James C. Fudge Jr., MD, MHS;

This case report illustrates a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm that developed at the transapical access site for transcatheter aortic valve implantation and was successfully excluded percutaneously through a femoral approach using an...

This case report illustrates a...

02/01/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Review

CoreValve Transfemoral Approach

03/04/2010

Carlos E. Ruiz, MD, PhD

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) was first performed by Alain Cribier in 20021 using the balloon-expandable Cribier-Edwards valve. Soon after, the self-expandable CoreValve ReValving system (Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis,...

Transcatheter aortic valve...

03/04/2010

Vascular Disease Management

Review

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

01/06/2010

Drs. Grube and Gerckens

Calcified degenerative aortic valve stenosis (AS) is currently the most frequent native valve disease in Europe. Furthermore, it is most often seen in elderly patients with comorbidities. Abstract Calcified degenerative aortic valve...

Calcified degenerative aortic...

01/06/2010

Vascular Disease Management

Review

Edwards Sapien Aortic Valve: Transfemoral Approach

01/06/2010

Augusto D. Pichard, MD

The development of transcatheter aortic valve implantation may become the primary therapy for high-risk patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis. The Edwards Sapien valve (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, California) consists of a...

The development of transcatheter...

01/06/2010

Vascular Disease Management