In a propensity-matched analysis of the national database of Sweden, Glaser et al found that survival among patients aged 50-69 who underwent aortic valve replacement was significantly better in those receiving a mechanical versus biological valves. In a subgroup analysis this was evident in patients aged 50-59 but not in those aged 60-69.
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Aortic valve disease
January 20, 2016
In an interview filmed at the 2015 EACTS Annual Meeting in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Leanne Harling talks with Gebrine El Khoury, a pioneer of aortic valvuloplasty.
December 15, 2015
In this video, Tirone David gives an invited talk during the STSA 62nd Annual Meeting Postgraduate Program in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
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 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 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 24, 2015
A nice short demonstration from Michael Mack of his cannulation technique for minimally invasive AVR with femoral vein cannulation
November 12, 2015
In a roundtable filmed at the 2015 EACTS Annual Meeting in Amsterdam, Marjan Jahangiri and Mattia Glauber share perspectives on the evolution and current state of aortic valve replacement surgery.
November 3, 2015
The authors propose a novel method of prosthesis sizing, using newly designed sizers and coaptation forceps, which simplifies the steps for the re-implantation of the tricuspid aortic valve.
Initial Surgical versus Conservative Strategies in Patients with Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis
October 19, 2015
The investigators in this registry study enrolled 3815 patients with asymptomatic aortic stenosis. Patients underwent either surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) or conservative therapy. In order to increase comparability, they used propensity score matching to create two more similar groups.