article thumbnail

Bacteraemia and infective endocarditis after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: prevention is the key

Heart BMJ

Since the first implementation in 2002 by Alain Cribier, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has become a standard procedure for high-risk and elderly patients with severe aortic valve stenosis. Recently, the use of TAVR has expanded to relatively younger patients with low to moderate surgical risk.

article thumbnail

Case Report: Patient-specific three-dimensional printing and computational fluid dynamics in the planning of transcatheter aortic valve replacement for quadricuspid aortic valve

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

To avoid high-risk surgery, we selected a 29-mm J-Valve for the transapical TAVR without the occurrence of paravalvular leak based on a patient-specific 3D printed model. mmHg, the peak trans-aortic velocity decreased from 1.02 m/s m/s to 0.89 m/s, m/s, and the low wall shear stress area was increased from 18.92 cm2 cm2 to 19.15 cm2.

article thumbnail

Pulse pressure and aortic valve peak velocity and incident heart failure after myocardial infarction: a cohort study

Heart BMJ

This study aimed to determine if pulse pressure and aortic valve peak velocity could serve as early predictors of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in patients with myocardial infarction. to 1.97), and a similar association was observed for aortic valve peak velocity (HR: 1.37, 95% CI 1.19 m/s had a 2.10-fold

article thumbnail

Optimal antithrombotic therapy after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a comprehensive review

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has become a leading treatment for aortic stenosis, but managing thromboembolic and bleeding risks post-procedure remains challenging. This review examines current evidence on antithrombotic therapy after TAVR.

article thumbnail

Management of bicuspid aortic valve disease in the transcatheter aortic valve implantation era

Heart BMJ

In an era of rapidly expanding use of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), the management of patients with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) disease is far less well established than in those with trileaflet anatomy.

article thumbnail

Successful management of cardiac electrical storm after aortic valve replacement using stellate ganglion block: a case report

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Cardiac electrical storm (CES) is a life-threatening state of electrical instability characterized by 3 or more episodes of sustained ventricular arrhythmia within 24 h. The application of stellate ganglion bl.

article thumbnail

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Durability: Focus on Structural Valve Deterioration

Journal of the American Heart Association

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement has emerged as a valuable alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with severe aortic stenosis. Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print. With an incidence of up to 12.3%