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Mashup Score: 1Residential Racial Segregation in Aortic Stenosis Diagnosis and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Among Medicare Patients: - 9 month(s) ago
Abstract Background Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) rates are lower among Black compared with White individuals. However, it is unclear whether racial residential segregation, which …
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Mashup Score: 76Mechanisms of Aortic Dilation in Patients With Bicuspid Aortic Valve: JACC State-of-the-Art Review - 9 month(s) ago
Abstract Bicuspid aortic valve is the most common congenital heart disease and exposes patients to an increased risk of aortic dilation and dissection. Aortic dilation is a slow, silent process, le…
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In patients with severe aortic stenosis and obesity, transcatheter aortic valve replacement was associated with better rates of in-hospital mortality and other outcomes compared with surgery, according to a meta-analysis.“Obesity, defined as body mass index 30 kg/m2 , is very prevalent in patients who are being referred for treatment of severe aortic stenosis, and recent data has estimated
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Mashup Score: 3SAPIEN 3 TAVR Shows Non-Inferiority to SAVR in Intermediate-Risk Patients: 5-Year Follow-Up Data - 10 month(s) ago
SAPIEN 3 transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is non-inferior to surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in intermediate-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis at 5 years, according to mi
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Mashup Score: 2SAPIEN 3 TAVR vs. SAVR in Intermediate-Risk Patients - American College of Cardiology - 10 month(s) ago
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Mashup Score: 0Registry Data Support TAVI in AS Patients With Cardiogenic Shock - 12 month(s) ago
(UPDATED) Although mortality was higher with versus without shock, most of the discrepancy occurred within the first 4 weeks after TAVI.
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Mashup Score: 1Beware High-Risk TAVI in Patients With Low-Lying Coronaries - 12 month(s) ago
Surgery might be the best option for young, low-risk patients when coronary obstruction is possible, says Gilbert Tang.
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Mashup Score: 8Abnormal Lead V1 Tracing - American College of Cardiology - 1 year(s) ago
The patient is a 74-year-old male with a history of persistent atrial fibrillation (AF); s/p pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) and cavotricuspid isthmus (CTI) dependent atrial flutter (AFL) ablation 2 years ago; aortic stenosis; s/p mechanical aortic valve replacement (AVR); coronary artery disease; s/p coronary artery bypass graft (CABG); obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on continuous positive airway…
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Mashup Score: 1Better Access to TAVR Associated With Improved Outcomes - 1 year(s) ago
A study that included patients in Ontario and New York State suggests that earlier intervention may explain differences in outcomes.
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NEW ORLEANS — At 3 years, patients with severe aortic stenosis at low surgical risk who had transcatheter aortic valve replacement with a self-expanding valve continued to have lower risk for death or stroke than those who had surgical AVR. In the main results of the Evolut Low Risk Trial, risk for all-cause mortality or disabling stroke at 2 years was numerically lower and noninferior in
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