Cardiology - Valvular Disease News & Articles

561 Relationship between incidentally detected calcification of the mitral valve on 64-row multidetector computed tomography and mitral valve disease on echocardiography Full Text International Journal of General Medicine, October 15, 2012

562 Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation as a Presenting Symptom of Metastasized Carcinoid Tumor Case Reports in Gastroenterology, October 12, 2012

563 Persistent Annual Permanent Pacemaker Implantation Rate After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis Annals of Thoracic Surgery, October 12, 2012

564 Repair of Congenitally Dysplastic Aortic Valve by Bicuspidization: Midterm Results Annals of Thoracic Surgery, October 12, 2012

565 Influence of Aortic Valve Calcium on Outcome in Patients Undergoing Peripheral Vascular Surgery The American Journal of Cardiology, October 11, 2012

566 Postoperative Outcome of Isolated Tricuspid Valve Operation Using Arrested-Heart or Beating-Heart Technique Annals of Thoracic Surgery, October 11, 2012

567 Mitral valve replacement following a failed MitraClip procedure European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, October 11, 2012

568 The Challenge of Timing Surgery in a Complex Case of Endocarditis: Contemporary Issues in Cardiology Practice Canadian Journal of Cardiology, October 10, 2012

569 Percutaneous vs Surgical Repair of Mitral Valve Regurgitation: Single Institution Early and Midterm Outcomes Canadian Journal of Cardiology, October 10, 2012

570 Left Main Thrombotic Occlusion Following Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty for Severe Aortic Stenosis Canadian Journal of Cardiology, October 10, 2012

571 Simultaneous mitral valve and pectus excavatum repair with a Nuss bar European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, October 10, 2012

572 Radiation induces osteogenesis in human aortic valve interstitial cells The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, October 10, 2012

573 Postoperative Recurrence of Mitral Regurgitation After Annuloplasty for Functional Mitral Regurgitation Annals of Thoracic Surgery, October 9, 2012

574 Incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing minimally invasive versus median sternotomy valve surgery The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, October 9, 2012

575 Improved Functional Mitral Regurgitation After Off-Pump Revascularization in Acute Coronary Syndrome Annals of Thoracic Surgery, October 9, 2012

576 Prevalence of significant tricuspid regurgitation in patients with successful percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty for mitral stenosis: results from 12 years' follow-up of one centre prospective registry Heart, October 8, 2012

577 Surgical outcomes of severe tricuspid regurgitation: predictors of adverse clinical outcomes Heart, October 8, 2012

578 Balloon aortic valvuloplasty for severe aortic stenosis as a bridge to transcatheter/surgical aortic valve replacement Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, October 8, 2012

579 The left heart after pulmonary valve replacement in adults late after tetralogy of Fallot repair International Journal of Cardiology, October 5, 2012

580 Cardiac conduction system disease after transcatheter aortic valve replacement American Heart Journal, October 5, 2012

1 Can Statins Improve Outcomes After Isolated Cardiac Valve Surgery? A Systematic Literature Review Clinical Cardiology, May 15, 2013    Free full text    Evidence Based Medicine    Review Article

2 Randomized trial of surgical cutdown versus percutaneous access in transfemoral TAVR Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, May 24, 2013

3 Outcomes After Cardioversion and Atrial Fibrillation Ablation in Patients Treated With Rivaroxaban and Warfarin in the ROCKET AF Trial JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, May 10, 2013

4 Cost-effectiveness of apixaban, dabigatran, rivaroxaban, and warfarin for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation Stroke, May 29, 2013

5 Transesophageal Echocardiography for Cardiac Thromboembolic Risk Assessment in Patients With Severe, Symptomatic Aortic Valve Stenosis Referred for Potential Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation The American Journal of Cardiology, May 6, 2013

6 Newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation linked to wake-up stroke and TIA: Hypothetical implications Neurology, May 8, 2013

7 Impact of preoperative chronic kidney disease on short- and long-term outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: A Pooled-RotterdAm-Milano-Toulouse In Collaboration Plus (PRAGMATIC-Plus) initiative substudy American Heart Journal, May 6, 2013

8 Long-Term Survival of Patients Undergoing Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement Circulation, May 20, 2013

9 Transcatheter Aortic Valve Insertion Catastrophe in Inoperable Patients: Should Aortic Valve Replacement Be Denied Journal of Cardiac Surgery, May 20, 2013

10 Effect of Transcatheter (via Femoral Artery) Aortic Valve Implantation on the Platelet Count and Its Consequences The American Journal of Cardiology, May 22, 2013

11 Management of severe aortic regurgitation in a patient with cardiogenic shock using a percutaneous left ventricular assist device and transcatheter occlusion of the failed aortic valve homograft as a bridge to surgical valve replacement Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, May 24, 2013

12 Unexpected and fatal hemodynamic collapse during transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation -A case report- Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, May 1, 2013    Free full text

13 Impact of Valvuloarterial Impedance on 2-Year Outcome of Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, May 21, 2013

14 A Misinterpreted Case of Aorta Prosthesis Endocarditis: Remember The Phenomenon of Microbubbles Echocardiography, May 2, 2013

15 Localized Amyloid Light-Chain Amyloidosis and Extramedullary Plasmacytoma of the Mitral Valve Annals of Thoracic Surgery, May 6, 2013

16 A 3-Center Comparison of 1-Year Mortality Outcomes Between Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement on the Basis of Propensity Score Matching Among Intermediate-Risk Surgical Patients JACC Cardiovascular Interventions, May 21, 2013

17 Transcatheter Interatrial Septal Defect Closure in a Large Cohort: Midterm Follow-up Results Congenital Heart Disease, May 6, 2013

18 Treatment of functional mitral valve regurgitation with the permanent percutaneous transvenous mitral annuloplasty system: Results of the multicenter international Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Annuloplasty System to Reduce Mitral Valve Regurgitation in Patients with Heart Failure trial American Heart Journal, May 2, 2013

19 Gastrointestinal bleeding and aortic stenosis (heyde syndrome): the role of aortic valve replacement Journal of Cardiac Surgery, May 24, 2013    Review Article

20 Prognostic Value of Energy Loss Index in Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis Circulation, April 1, 2013