ARTICLES ON VALVULOPATHIES
Bicuspid Aortic Valve: Inconvenient Truths and Challenges in Clinical Management
A prospective cohort study conducted at Uppsala University Hospital in Sweden aimed to identify potential risk factors contributing to in-hospital heart failure and postoperative mortality following aortic valve replacement in patients with tricuspid and bicuspid valves.
MitraClip® vs. mitral surgery in severe mitral regurgitation: French national registry
This study analyzes a longitudinal cohort using the French national hospitalization database to compare medium-term outcomes between percutaneous edge-to-edge therapy and isolated mitral surgery in patients with severe mitral regurgitation.
Evaluation of frailty in cardiac surgery during surgical and transcatheter aortic valve replacement: consensus document
This consensus document, prepared by the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC), and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), addresses the comprehensive assessment of frail patients before procedures, aiming to determine intraoperative risk, short-term mortality, and the likelihood of neurological complications. The goal is to provide patients with improved information regarding their post-intervention functionality and quality of life.
New “Y”-Incision Aortic Root Enlargement: Yang’s Procedure
Review of the surgical technique for “Y”-incision aortic root enlargement and its short-term outcomes in 119 patients.
New Device for Saline Test in Aortic Valve Repair
Description of an experience with a novel device for evaluating aortic valve competence during repair procedures by root pressurization with saline solution.
Stroke After TAVI: A Persistent Issue
Analysis of neurological complications within the first five years following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) using data from the SwissTAVI registry.
Atrial functional mitral regurgitation repair: are all functional regurgitations the same?
A retrospective analysis of outcomes and progression following the repair of “pure” atrial functional mitral regurgitation at a high-volume hospital in the United States.
Democratizing Mitral Valve Repair Through New Technologies
One-Year Outcomes of a Self-Suturing System for Neochord Implantation and Rapid Knotting, Applied to Both Neochords and Annuloplasty Sutures, in Mitral Valve Repair
Isolated mitral valve endocarditis: repair or replacement?
This retrospective, single-center study conducted by the Cleveland Clinic’s endocarditis working group examines pathological, bacteriological characteristics and short- and long-term surgical outcomes of mitral valve repair versus replacement in isolated mitral endocarditis.
Winning Without Convincing: Bayesian Analyses and Non-Inferiority Studies in Trials Comparing TAVR and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement
Review of a Bayesian Meta-Analysis of Non-Inferiority Studies Comparing Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement with Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation.