Video and a readable digest of a talk in a Harvard meeting, especially interesting in its scepticism on prevention.
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Transcatheter
January 2, 2018
The authors compared mechanically expanded TAVR to self-expanding TAVR in a randomized non-inferiority trial. Major adverse events occurred in 20% and 17% of patients, respectively (safety measure). The one-year rates of mortality, stroke, or paravalvular leak for the valves were 15.4% and 25.5%, respectively (effectiveness measure). Mechanically
December 26, 2017
The Task Force for the Management of Valvular Heart Disease of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) copublished the 2017 guidelines for the management of valvular disease in the European Heart Journal and in the European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery.
December 15, 2017
Patient Care
A baby in the UK has surgery to put her ectopic heart back inside her chest.
December 14, 2017
Heyman Luckraz of the American Hospital Dubai, UAE, presents an overview of different access routes for transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
December 8, 2017
Patient Care
US states that implemented policies for screening newborns for critical congenital heart disease have seen reductions in infant cardiac deaths compared to states that didn’t implement screening.
December 1, 2017
Patient Care
November 17, 2017
Patient Care
November 16, 2017
This brief article compares costs and morbidities for TAVR and SAVR in the current era. TAVR costs are higher than for SAVR and have increased despite no apparent change in comorbidity index. In contrast, SAVR costs remained stable during the same period.
November 10, 2017
Patient Care