The STS/ACC TAVR Registry was analyzed to determine the effect of tricuspid regurgitation (TR) on outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). The authors found that TR, of any severity, is quite common in TAVR patients (80%). The breakup of TR severity was as follows:
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Aortic valve disease
March 1, 2018
This Stanford group retrospectively reviewed their experience over a 10-year period with 293 patients who underwent either limited aortic root repair or root replacement.
Results:
February 26, 2018
A succinct, readable, and well-referenced editorial on extending criteria for surgery on bicuspid aortopathy below the threshold of 4.5 cm diameter. It is even more interesting in the era of increasing industry pressure for transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
February 20, 2018
This video demonstrates the excision and debridement of a calcified aortic valve during an open aortic valve replacement.
February 18, 2018
An interesting article describing the interface between medical 3D printing and art. It briefly outlines current and future applications, and it also describes constraints to the use of this technology.
February 16, 2018
Patient Care
February 15, 2018
Christopher Young of St Thomas’ Hospital in London, UK, reviews clinical trials on sutureless aortic valve implantation.
February 9, 2018
In this meta-analysis, the authors compare surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) with transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in patients at low surgical risk. They included two randomized controlled trials and four propensity-matched studies for a total of almost 3500 patients.
January 30, 2018
This video demonstrates a right anterior minithoracotomy for placement of the Edwards Intuity rapid deployment valve for a patient with bicuspid aortic valve stenosis.
January 26, 2018
Patient Care
A CABG operation performed at the Uganda Heart Institute at Mulago National Referral Hospital was done by an all-Ugandan surgical team for the first time.