Stellarex Drug-Coated Balloon for the Treatment of Peripheral Artery Disease: Five-Year Results from the ILLUMENATE Pivotal Randomized Controlled Trial

Oct 7, 2024 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Stellarex Drug-Coated Balloon for the Treatment of Peripheral Artery Disease: Five-Year Results from the ILLUMENATE Pivotal Randomized Controlled Trial

This study aimed to report the 5-year outcomes from the ILLUMENATE Pivotal randomized controlled trial of the lower dose (2 µg/mm 2 ) Stellarex drug-coated balloon (DCB) (Philips, formerly Spectranetics…

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Evaluation of Success and Complications Scores for Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Insights from the Latin American Registry

Oct 7, 2024 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Evaluation of Success and Complications Scores for Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Insights from the Latin American Registry

Chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention is a complex procedure and is associated with considerable risk of complications. Several success and complication scores have been developed; however, data regarding…

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Measurements of the Interventricular Septum and Mitral Leaflet Length in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients Who Underwent Surgical Myectomy: A Prospective Comparative Multimodality Imaging Study

Oct 7, 2024 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Measurements of the Interventricular Septum and Mitral Leaflet Length in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients Who Underwent Surgical Myectomy: A Prospective Comparative Multimodality Imaging Study

Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) plays an important role for real-time procedural guidance during surgical smyectomy (SM) for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). We aimed to compare (1) interventricular septum (IVS) thickness using…

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Who Should Undergo Chronic Total Occlusions Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and When?: An Evidence-Based Approach to the Patient Referred for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Chronic Total Occlusion

Oct 7, 2024 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Who Should Undergo Chronic Total Occlusions Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and When?: An Evidence-Based Approach to the Patient Referred for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Chronic Total Occlusion

Chronic total occlusions (CTO) of the coronary arteries are common among patients presenting to the cardiac catheterization laboratory, and data suggests a worse overall prognosis in patients with CTOs. Percutaneous…

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Risk Factors of Ischemic Stroke in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation from the Randomized ENVISAGE-TAVI AF Trial

Oct 7, 2024 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Risk Factors of Ischemic Stroke in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation from the Randomized ENVISAGE-TAVI AF Trial

Highlights • Ischemic stroke incidence was low for patients with atrial fibrillation on edoxaban or vitamin K antagonist (VKA) after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). • Most ischemic stroke events…

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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Small Aortic Annuli: A Propensity-Matched Analysis of Gender-Based Outcomes

Oct 7, 2024 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Small Aortic Annuli: A Propensity-Matched Analysis of Gender-Based Outcomes

Patients with small aortic annuli (SAAs) are predominantly women. We sought to compare gender-based and propensity-matched outcomes of index transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in patients with SAAs. In this…

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Next-Day Discharge After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation With the ACURATE neo/neo2 Self-Expanding Aortic Bioprosthesis

Oct 7, 2024 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Next-Day Discharge After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation With the ACURATE neo/neo2 Self-Expanding Aortic Bioprosthesis

Previous studies have shown the safety of early discharge pathways in selected patients and using selected transcatheter heart valves. Hence, we sought to evaluate the safety of next-day discharge (NDD)…

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Long-Term Outcomes of Mechanical Versus Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients Aged Under 50 Years: Meta-Analysis of Reconstructed Time-to-Event Data

Oct 7, 2024 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Long-Term Outcomes of Mechanical Versus Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients Aged Under 50 Years: Meta-Analysis of Reconstructed Time-to-Event Data

To compare the long-term outcomes of mechanical versus bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement (AVR) in patients aged <50 years, we performed a study-level meta-analysis with reconstructed time-to-event data including studies published…

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Design and Rationale of the V-Wave Shunt MitraClip Study

Oct 7, 2024 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Design and Rationale of the V-Wave Shunt MitraClip Study

Heart failure (HF) and moderate-to-severe mitral regurgitation (MR) with residual elevations in left atrial pressure (LAP) after MitraClip may remain symptomatic and experience subsequent HF readmissions. The V-Wave interatrial shunt…

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