Mitral regurgitation (MR) is one of the most prevalent valve disorders and has numerous
aetiologies, including primary (organic) MR, due to underlying degenerative/structural mitral …

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

Eight years have passed since the publication of the only guideline on cardiac rehabilitation
(CR) in Japan,“Guidelines for rehabilitation in patients with cardiovascular disease (JCS …

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) develops a number of clinical policy documents
to provide members with guidance on clinical topics. Although clinical practice guidelines …

Aortic stenosis (AS) is one of the most common valvular diseases encountered in clinical
practice. Current guidelines recommend aortic valve replacement (AVR) when the aortic …

Abstract The VARC (Valve Academic Research Consortium) for transcatheter aortic valve
replacement set the standard for selecting appropriate clinical endpoints reflecting safety …

Background Aortic stenosis is a valvular heart disease characterised by fixed obstruction of
the left ventricular outflow. It can be managed by surgical aortic valve replacement (sAVR) or …

In an ageing population of patients with heart disease, preinterventional frailty assessment
for risk prediction is gaining relevance both in cardiac surgery and transcatheter valve …

Background—This study sought to evaluate the impact of atrial fibrillation (AF) on clinical
outcomes in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Methods and …

Background Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has been adopted worldwide as
the standard treatment for severe aortic stenosis in symptomatic patients at prohibitive or …