Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has spawned the evolution of novel catheter-
based therapies for a variety of cardiovascular conditions. Newer device iterations are …

Background: Frailty assessment may inform surgical risk and prognosis not captured by
conventional surgical risk scores. Purpose: To evaluate the evidence for various frailty …

Recenzenci dokumentu: Marco Roffi, koordynator recenzji ze strony CPG (Szwajcaria),
Ottavio Alfieri1, koordynator recenzji ze strony EACTS (Włochy), Stefan Agewall (Norwegia) …

Health professionals are encouraged to take the ESC/EACTS Guidelines fully into account
when exercising their clinical judgment, as well as in the determination and the …

Background: The semiquantitative Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) is a simple tool to assess
patients' frailty and has been shown to correlate with mortality in elderly patients even when …

A transthoracic echocardiogram is recommended in patients with suspected heart failure, to
improve diagnostic accuracy, and in patients with a new diagnosis of heart failure, to assess …

Registry data that shows a clinically meaningful association of higher mortality and other
major complications with site annual volume below the recommended threshold of 50 …

Background As transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) technology expands to
healthy and lower‐risk populations, the burden and predictors of procedure‐related …

La fragilidad física constituye" un síndrome médico con múltiples causas y factores que
contribuyen a su desarrollo, caracterizado por la disminución de la fuerza, resistencia y …

There are currently a wide modalities of interventional strategies-both transcatheter and
surgical-which can be indicated for patients with valvular heart diseases (VHD), with the …