Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement with Minimal Contrast Dye in Patients with Renal Insufficiency - PubMed

Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34672132/

1 Cardiovascular Center, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. 2 Division of Cardiology, Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea. 3 Division of...

How Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) Was Born: The Struggle for a New Invention - PubMed

Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34660724/

This story is about the invention of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), and the people who transformed it from a concept and primitive device to a breakthrough lifesaving treatment for...

The Common Combination of Aortic Stenosis with Mitral Regurgitation: Diagnostic Insight and Therapeutic Implications in the Modern Era of Advanced Echocardiography and Percutaneous Intervention - PubMed

Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34640380/

The combination of aortic stenosis (AS) and mitral regurgitation (MR) is common in patients with degenerative valvular disease. It is characterized by having complex pathophysiology, leading to potential diagnostic pitfalls....

Impact of aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis on organic and functional mitral regurgitation - PubMed

Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34652057/

In nearly 60% of patients with sAS and MR, MR improved after AVR, even in the majority of patients with organic MR. Absence of atrial fibrillation in organic MR, iAVA...

Gonococcal Infective Endocarditis Returns - PubMed

Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34660143/

Disseminated gonococcal infection occurs in 0.5%-3% of gonorrhea cases, usually in the form of either a triad of arthralgia, tenosynovitis, and skin lesions or purulent arthritis. Other rare complications include...