BACKGROUND: The American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the National
Institutes of Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease …

Aims Additional randomized clinical trial (RCT) data comparing transcatheter aortic valve
implantation (TAVI) with surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) is available, including …

Background Among low-risk patients with severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis who are
eligible for both transcatheter aortic-valve implantation (TAVI) and surgical aortic-valve …

Aortic stenosis (AS) is a serious and complex condition, for which optimal management
continues to evolve rapidly. An understanding of current clinical practice guidelines is critical …

Background We performed a meta‐analysis of reconstructed time‐to‐event data from
randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and propensity‐score matched (PSM) studies …

Importance Recent European Society of Cardiology/European Association for Cardio-
Thoracic Surgery (ESC/EACTS) guidelines highlighted some concerns about the …

Background Long-term right ventricular pacing (VP) has been related to negative left
ventricular remodeling and heart failure (HF), but there is a lack of evidence regarding the …

Objective. Valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve implantation (ViV-TAVI) has emerged as
a useful alternative intervention to redo-surgical aortic valve replacement (Redo-SVAR) for …

Although transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is considered a superior option to
surgery in patients with small aortic annulus (SAA), it is not clear which type of transcatheter …

As the population ages and treatment options for heart valve disease increase, the number
of patients with intracardiac valve prostheses is growing rapidly. Although all devices have …