This video describes how to perform a minimally invasive aortic valve replacement via a right mini thoracotomy approach.
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Aortic valve disease
Comparative Histology of Aortic Dilatation Associated With Bileaflet Versus Trileaflet Aortic Valves
September 9, 2015
Resected aortas associated with a bicuspid aortic valve (BAV,n = 60) and trileaflet aortic valve (n = 24) in patients with aortic valve disease were compared with normal diameter aortas from patients undergoing cardiac transplantation (n = 16) by five histologic criteria.
September 4, 2015
Short- and mid-term outcomes of TAVR for nonagenarian (>90 years) patients in the PARTNER-1 trial were assessed for 531 pts. MACE occurred in 35% including stroke in 3.6%. Important paravalvular leak occurred in 1.4%. 30-day mortality was 4% and 3-year mortality was 48%, which compared to 44% in a matched population. QOL stabilized at 6 months
September 3, 2015
The authors of this study compared quality of life in patients at increased surgical risk who underwent either transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) or surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR).
August 16, 2015
The authors investigate the safety of minimally invasive Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (MA-TAVR) and its learning curve. MA-TAVR was performed by a team consisting of a cardiologist and cardiac surgeon. The patient was teated in a catheterization laboratory under conscious sedation.
August 14, 2015
This is an observational outcome study for the comparative effectiveness of SAVR–TAVR procedures for the treatment of severe aortic stenosis at 93 Italian centers.
August 3, 2015
In this manuscript the authors describe their findings in a retrospective review of prospectively obtained 5-year follow up data on 353 patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) with the CoreValve prosthesis in 8 Italian centres.Transfemoral access was used in 317 patients (89.8%); in the rest of the patients in whom the tran
June 24, 2015
This clinical case describes the successful treatment of severe aortic stenosis in a patient whose aortic anatomy precluded the traditional TAo approach. A 10mm Dacron graft was anastomosed end-to-side to provide adequate distance between the aortic annulus and the sheath insertion site.
Temporal Trends in Quality of Life Outcomes After Transapical Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
June 24, 2015
The authors of this study aimed to compare the quality of life (QoL) after Transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TA-TAVR) versus surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR).
June 19, 2015
The FDA approved Edwards' Sapien third generation transcatheter aortic valve, designed to limit paravalvular leakage by incorporating a skirt at the base of the valve. The approval was based on results of the PARTNER II S3 study, which demonstrated improved rates of paravalvular leakage at 30 days (<4%) compared to 10% to 20% rates for other valv