
ARTICLES ON VALVULOPATHIES
Residual Paravalvular Insufficiency after TAVI: Minor Leakage Matters
Results from a Japanese and a Swedish center, sourced from the international TAVI Registry, comparing 1-year post-TAVI survival and morbidity among patients with mild residual paravalvular leakage and those with no residual/trivial leakage post-implantation.
Elevated Mitral Gradients Following Mitral Repair: Contributing Factors
This commentary presents a sub-analysis of the CAMRA CardioLink-2 clinical trial, which investigates risk factors associated with elevated mean mitral gradients following mitral repair.
Outcomes of Aortic Valve Repair in Tricuspid Valves: Do We Know Why They Fail?
A retrospective analysis by a high-volume aortic valve repair center examines short- and mid-term outcomes of various isolated valve repair techniques on tricuspid aortic valves.
Mitral Reoperation Due to Bioprosthesis Degeneration: A Thing of the Past?
This meta-analysis evaluates outcomes from comparative studies on transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve (ViV) implantation versus reoperation for valve replacement in patients with degenerative mitral bioprostheses.
Reflections and Clarifications on the Risk of Bias in Trials Comparing Percutaneous vs. Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement
A systematic review and meta-analysis aimed at quantifying and analyzing biases in clinical trials comparing transcatheter aortic valve implantation and surgical aortic valve replacement.
By Their Calcium You Shall Know Them: Differences in Calcification Patterns of Bicuspid and Tricuspid Aortic Valves, Technical and Clinical Implications
Translational research on calcification patterns of bicuspid and tricuspid aortic valves and their implications in surgical and interventional treatment of aortic stenosis.
Polish AVALON Registry of Low-Surgical-Risk Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation vs. Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement
Short-term Outcomes and Mid-term Survival Analysis of the Polish AVALON Registry in Low-Risk Patients Undergoing TAVI vs. SAVR
Vegetation size, multiplicity, and position in patients with infective endocarditis
This retrospective study aims to determine whether vegetation size, multiplicity, and position in patients with infective endocarditis (IE) pose a risk factor for cerebral embolism and long-term mortality.
Second Chances: Rescue of Patients Rejected for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation with Aortic Valve Replacement
This study presents the surgical outcomes of a British center, where selected high-surgical-risk patients initially rejected for TAVI were reconsidered for Aortic Valve Replacement (AVR).
Combined Aortic and Mitral Valve Replacement with Mitral-Aortic Curtain Reconstruction (Commando Procedure): Indications, Outcomes, and Surgical Advice
This article describes the short- and long-term outcomes from the largest published series of patients who underwent combined aortic and mitral valve replacement with mitral-aortic curtain reconstruction (Commando procedure).