CJ Zack, EA Fender, P Chandrashekar… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - jacc.org
Background: Severe isolated disease of the tricuspid valve (TV) is increasing and results in intractable right heart failure. However, isolated TV surgery is rarely performed, and there …
T Chakravarty, L Søndergaard, J Friedman… - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Subclinical leaflet thrombosis of bioprosthetic aortic valves after transcatheter valve replacement (TAVR) and surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) has been found …
D Capodanno, AS Petronio… - European Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Despite continuing efforts during the last decades, there is no 'ideal prosthetic valve substitute'. Every valve prosthesis invokes new pathophysiological processes, including the …
LRRC4 is a novel relatively specific gene, which displays significant down-regulation in primary brain tumor biopsies and has the potential to suppress brain tumor growth. In this …
N Galiè, M Humbert, JL Vachiery, S Gibbs… - European heart …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a pathophysiological disorder that may involve multiple clinical conditions and can complicate the majority of cardiovascular and respiratory …
P Généreux, P Pibarot, B Redfors, MJ Mack… - European heart …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Aims In patients with aortic stenosis (AS), risk stratification for aortic valve replacement (AVR) relies mainly on valve-related factors, symptoms and co-morbidities. We sought to …
BR Lindman, MA Clavel, P Mathieu, B Iung… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2016 - nature.com
Calcific aortic stenosis (AS) is the most prevalent heart valve disorder in developed countries. It is characterized by progressive fibro-calcific remodelling and thickening of the …
A unique and highly versatile technique, stress echocardiography (SE) is increasingly recognized for its utility in the evaluation of non-ischaemic heart disease. SE allows for …