Background In this study we investigated the effect of post-transcatheter aortic valve
implantation (TAVI) bleeding (per Valve Academic Research Consortium-2 [VARC-2] …

Aortic stenosis (AS) is the most common type of valvular heart disease in the elderly.
Surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) has been the standard practice for treating severe …

Background: Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) represents a paradigm shift in
the therapeutic options for patients with severe aortic stenosis. However, rapid and …

Objectives The aim of this study was to examine the value of frailty to predict in-hospital
major bleeding and determine its impact on mid-term mortality following transcatheter …

Objectives The S3 prosthetic valve was introduced to overcome several issues with its
predecessor, the SXT, in transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), however, the clinical …

Background Major vascular complications have been associated with increased mortality
and morbidity in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Our …

Background While there is recent data suggesting an advantage of computed tomography
angiography (CTA) over transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) for preprocedural left …

To compare the outcomes in trans-femoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TF-TAVI)
performed with percutaneous approach (PC) versus surgical cut-down (SC). In 13 trials …

Severe bleeding (SB) in patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve implantation
(TAVI) could be fatal. Although multiple independent predictors of bleeding post-TAVI have …

Patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis have a poor prognosis with medical
management alone, and surgical aortic valve replacement can improve symptoms and …