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PROMOTED
Author(s):
Nicolas M Van Mieghem
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Kendra J Grubb
,
David Hildick-Smith
,
et al
Start date:
Mar 26, 2024
Author(s):
Raluca Dulgheru
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Sara Hana Weisz
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Julien Magne
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et al
Added:
3 years ago
Aortic stenosis (AS) is the most frequent valvular heart disease in developed countries,1 with a steady increase in prevalence as the population ages. Progressive degeneration of aortic leaflets,2 age-related and enhanced by common cardiovascular risk factors,3 is the most frequent aetiology. Besides ‘calcific’ AS (the valvular disease of the elderly), the second most frequent aetiology is…
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Author(s):
Thomas Modine
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Victoria Delgado
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Rebecca T Hahn
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et al
Added:
1 year ago
In this symposium, part of the Transcatheter Interventions Online 2022, the faculty consider when to use a surgery or TAVI-first approach, summarise clinical evidence to date and assess possible management scenarios by way of clinical cases.
The symposium consists of three presentations followed by a faculty discussion.
Note, this on-demand version is not CME accredited.
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AS Grading in Women
Author(s):
Dana Cramariuc
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Edda Bahlmann
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Eva Gerdts
Added:
1 year ago
Article
Start date:
Dec 12, 2024
Author(s):
Stefan Bertog
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Daniel Howard Steinberg
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Nina Wunderlich
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et al
Added:
3 years ago
Left main coronary disease is a common problem faced by interventional cardiologists. Percutaneous left main intervention has gained popularity mainly as a result of recently published encouraging results of trials examining the use of drug-eluting stents. However, important questions remain unanswered in the interpretation, implications and treatment of left main stenosis. Nevertheless, use of…
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Author(s):
Young Tae Kim
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Yong Jin Kim
Added:
3 years ago
Congenital tracheal stenosis is a rare disease that benefits from no established surgical procedure due to insufficient experience and a lack of large-scale research.1 If patients develop symptoms early in infancy, surgical repair can be a considerable challenge because the size of the airway is so small that it can be easily obstructed by post-operative oedema.2 If the length of stenotic segment…
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Author(s):
Philip Dingli
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Nieves Gonzalo
,
Javier Escaned
Added:
3 years ago
Diffuse Coronary Stenosis
A diffuse coronary stenosis is customarily defined as any stenosis exceeding 20 mm in length in the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (ACCF/AHA/SCAI) guidelines for PCI.6 This cut-off value has not been used in trials of diffuse…
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Author(s):
Philip MacCarthy
Added:
4 years ago
Prof Philip MacCarthy (King's College Hospital, London, UK) discusses whether transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) should be the default treatment for patients with symptomatic aortic stenosis and reviews how and when TAVI should be used in selected patients.
Questions:
1. BCIS has recently released a consensus statement on TAVI that you are an author of, what compelled you/BCIS to do…
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