Potential Value of Transfusion Protocols in Cardiac Surgery
This article reviews the current literature between 1995 and 2012 dealing with transfusion protocols in cardiovascular surgery.
Perfusion Tubing: Standardized or Modify?
I applaud our adult colleagues in trying to do what is best for the patient even if standardized tubing packs have to be modified resulting in higher prices as some would argue.
Paravalvular Leak After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: The New Achilles’ Heel? A Comprehensive Review of the Literature
This literature review is an effort to consolidate current knowledge in this area to better understand the prevalence, progression, and impact of post-TAVR PVL and to help direct future efforts regarding the assessment, prevention, and treatment of this troublesome complication.
Cost Effectiveness of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Compared to Medical Management in Inoperable Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis: Canadian Analysis Based on the PARTNER Trial Cohort B Findings
The objective was to estimate cost-effectiveness of TAVR via transfemoral access vs MM in surgically inoperable patients with severe AS from the Canadian public healthcare system perspective.
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Current Developments, Ongoing Issues, Future Outlook
Careful patient selection, systematic risk stratification, optimal valve sizing, meticulous procedural techniques, and complications management are all important elements to achieve good outcomes. Future prospective studies will allow us to refine this therapy and optimize outcomes in this high-risk patient population.
The ATHENS TAVR Registry of Newer Generation Transfemoral Aortic Valves: 30-Day Outcomes
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a documented treatment for patients with symptomatic aortic stenosis who are at very high or prohibitive operative risk. We sought to investigate the outcomes of transfemoral procedures with the newer generation valves in four TAVR centres in Athens, Greece.
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: History and Current Status
In this review, we outline the historical development, key clinical trials, current outcomes and future directions of TAVR.
Vascular Access Complications: Diagnosis and Management
The incidence of vascular access site related complications ranges between 0.8 % to 1.8 % of diagnostic cardiac catheterization and up to 9 % of percutaneous coronary interventions.
Performance Analysis of EuroSCORE II Compared to the Original Logistic EuroSCORE and STS Scores for Predicting 30-Day Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
EuroSCORE II and the STS score are better calibrated than the logistic EuroSCORE but have moderate discrimination for predicting 30-day mortality after TAVR.
Clopidogrel, Aspirin and Proton Pump Inhibition after Percutaneous Valve Implants: An Update
This paper reviews literary evidence on antithrombotic therapies currently employed in TAVR to assess validity and efficacy; duration and modality are also considered. In the absence of firm guidelines and reliable trial results, we analyze current knowledge of interaction between PPI and antithrombotic drugs.
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Requiring Staged Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Japanese Patients with Severely Calcified Ascending Aorta: A Case Report and Institution Series Analysis
We report a first TAVR case in Japan of successful TAVR following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). A 75-year-old man with stable angina pectoris and severe AS was considered to be at high risk for surgical AVR because of severely calcified ascending aorta.
Aortic Root Dimensions Among Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
The aim of this study was to characterize aortic root dimensions of patients with aortic valve stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and to evaluate sex differences.