Objectives: This study was designed to investigate the usefulness and limitations of
echocardiography in optimizing the outcome of percutaneous aortic valve implantation …

Highlights•The imager is an essential member of the Heart Team for the TAVR procedure.•
Echocardiography is the imaging modality of choice for the assessment of aortic valve …

Aortic stenosis is becoming an increasing health care problem as the population ages.
Surgical aortic valve replacement remains the gold standard but is associated with high …

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a new technology that treats severe aortic
stenosis. The technology has specific and mandatory technical requirements that must be …

Aims Aortic regurgitation after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is one of the
most frequent complications. However, the underlying mechanisms of this complication …

BACKGROUND: Echocardiography has been debated as an adjunct for transcatheter aortic
valve replacement (TAVR). The aim of this prospective study was to comparatively evaluate …

OBJECTIVE: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation is an emerging technique for the
treatment of aortic valve stenosis in high-risk patients. Detailed knowledge of aortic root …

Aortic stenosis (AS) is currently the most common valvular abnormality in developed
countries. The gold standard treatment of severe symptomatic AS is surgical aortic valve …

Recent multicenter trials have shown that transcatheter aortic valve replacement is an
alternative to surgery in a high risk population of patients with severe, symptomatic aortic …

Objectives: Understanding the severity of aortic regurgitation (AR) after transcatheter aortic
valve implantation, its impact on left ventricular (LV) structure and function, and the structural …