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 …

With increased life expectancy and aging of the population, aortic stenosis is now one of the
most common valvular heart diseases. Early recognition and management of aortic stenosis …

731 F. Beyersdorf and A. Vahanian et al./European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
guidelines, which is freely available via the ESC and EACTS website and hosted on the EHJ …

Valvular heart disease is a leading cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and a
major contributor of symptoms and functional disability. Knowledge of valvular heart disease …

Aims To assess the contemporary trends in aortic stenosis (AS) interventions in the USA
before and after the introduction of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Methods …

Background Calcific aortic stenosis is commonly treated using surgical or transcatheter
aortic valve replacement; however, many patients are not considered suitable candidates for …

Valvular heart disease is common and its prevalence is rapidly increasing worldwide.
Effective medical therapies are insufficient and treatment was historically limited to the …

Objectives To explore assessment of supra‐annular structure for self‐expanding
transcatheter heart valve (THV) size selection in patients with bicuspid aortic stenosis (AS) …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the implantation of a self-expanding valve
with or without balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) in an open-label, noninferiority …

Abstract The True Infection Rate (TIR) in the whole population of each country and the
Infection Fatality Rate (IFR) for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are unknown although …