Postmarket Surveillance of Medical Devices: Current Capabilities and Future Opportunities
Recalls of cardiac implantable electrical devices (CIEDs) currently impact hundreds of thousands of patients worldwide.
Electrocardiographic Predictors of Coronary Heart Disease and Sudden Cardiac Deaths in Men and Women Free from Cardiovascular Disease in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
We evaluated predictors of coronary heart disease (CHD) death and sudden cardiac death (SCD) in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study.
Five-Week Use of a Monopivot Centrifugal Blood Pump as a Right Ventricular Assist Device in Severe Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Right heart failure is a critical complication in patients requiring mechanical ventricular support. However, it is often difficult to provide adequate right ventricular support in the acute phase.
Two-Year Outcomes after Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement
The Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valves (PARTNER) trial showed that among high-risk patients with aortic stenosis, the 1-year survival rates are similar with transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR) and surgical replacement.
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR): Access Planning and Strategies
The present review examines our current access planning and strategies for TAVR.
High Technology in Medicine: Lessons from Cardiovascular Innovations and Future Perspective
Four decades of innovations in the field of interventional cardiology are presented as an example for the great growth of high technology in medicine, side by side with the development of general technology and science.
Acute Mesenteric Ischemia after Cardiac Surgery: An Analysis of 52 Patients
The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the incidence, outcome, and perioperative risk factors of AMI in the patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery.
Robotically Assisted Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery
Increased recognition of advantages, over the last decade, of minimizing surgical trauma by operating through smaller incisions and its direct impact on reduced postoperative pain, quicker recovery, improved cosmesis and earlier return to work has spurred the minimally invasive cardiac surgical revolution.
Complications at the Time of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) improves the prognosis of patients with severe aortic stenosis who are deemed too high risk for surgical valve replacement.
Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy: Inflammatory Molecules Involved in Tissue Healing
The biological properties of platelets has lead platelet rich plasma therapy (PRP) to be considered an innovative and promising approach that has been extended to many field of medicine, ranging from non-union defects, bone fractures, spinal fusion, bone implant and osteointegration, joint arthroplasty, to the treatment of several traumatic or degenerative pathologies of tendons, cartilage and ligaments.
Patient Radiation Exposure During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Procedures
We aimed to describe patient radiation utilization during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) on a series of consecutive patients during this study.