In this video, Tirone David gives an invited talk during the STSA 62nd Annual Meeting Postgraduate Program in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
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Cardiac
December 13, 2015
In this prospective study on 377 patients, the authors evaluate the effect of the application of a patient-specific transcatheter heart valve (THV) selection algorithm, which suggests the use of a specific THV (CoreValve or SAPIEN XT) for specific anatomical subsets, on procedural outcomes.
December 10, 2015
A growing body of evidence demonstrates improved short, mid, and long term outcomes with the use of arterial conduits for coronary revascularization. Despite this, less than 10% of patients receive more than 2 arterial grafts.
December 10, 2015
The study was a single-arm, multicentre, prospective study enrolling 31 high-risk adult individuals with symptomatic mitral regurgitation despite optimal medical therapy from five institutions in Europe. The primary efficacy endpoints included: (a) Technical success rate of the device implantation; (b) Technical feasibility of Cardioband adjustment;
December 9, 2015
D. Craig Miller of Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, California, delivers a talk on his 22 years of experience with the Stanford valve-sparing aortic root replacement technique.
December 7, 2015
Filmed at the 2015 EACTS Annual Meeting in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, this roundtable discussion focuses on current developments and technological improvements in valve surgery.
December 3, 2015
Filmed at the 2015 Aortic Valve Repair Summit, an international panel of experts discusses the management of the aortic root in acute aortic dissection.
December 3, 2015
Patients with bicuspid aortic valves have a significantly increased incidence of aortic complications including type A aortic dissection. The authors studied 1181 patients with bicuspid aortic valves and sinus of valsalva or ascending aortic aneurysms with diameter greater than or equal to 4.7 cm on CT scan or MRI.
December 2, 2015
This video shows a right axillary Edwards SAPIEN 3 TAVR implanted through the new apical Certitude delivery system, in a patient with severe aortic stenosis. The postoperative follow-up was uneventful and the patient was discharged home on postoperative day three.
November 30, 2015
This is an expert commentary on the state of the art in this field together with an audio commentary also available on this link