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.
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.
Incidence and Effect of Acute Kidney Injury After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Using the New Valve Academic Research Consortium Criteria
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with a poor prognosis after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). A paucity of data exists regarding the incidence and effect of AKI after TAVR using the new recommended Valve Academic Research Consortium criteria.
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.
Kaiser Permanente Implant Registries Benefit Patient Safety, Quality Improvement, Cost-Effectiveness
The registries enhance patient safety by providing a variety of clinical decision tools such as risk calculators, quality reports, risk-adjustedmedical center reports, summaries of surgeon data, and infection control reports to registry stakeholders.
Autologous Bone Marrow Concentrate: Review and Application of a Novel Intra-Articular Orthobiologic for Cartilage Disease
The potential of cell-based orthobiologic injection therapies (pertaining to therapeutic injectables that aim to restore the biologic environment and/or structural components of diseased or damaged musculoskeletal tissue) is of tremendous interest for younger, more active patients, and is even more appealing in that such therapy can be delivered at point-of-care in the clinic during an office visit.
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement for Severe Aortic Stenosis
A systematic review was conducted using five electronic databases, identifying all relevant studies with comparative data on TAVI versus AVR.
A Systematic Review of Antifibrinolytics and Massive Injury
The coagulopathy induced by trauma is independently associated with mortality, increased transfusion requirements, multiple organ dysfunction, infections, increased intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay, and costs.
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.
Will Catheter Interventions Replace Surgery for Valve Abnormalities
This review aims to summarize the current state-of-the-art for transcatheter valve replacement (TVR) in congenital heart disease (CHD); the expanding indications for TVR; and the technological obstacles to optimizing TVR.
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.
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.