Objectives The aim of this retrospective analysis was to categorize patients with severe
aortic stenosis (AS) according to clinical presentation by applying unsupervised machine …

Palliative care has developed mainly in the field of oncology in Japan. However, it is
primarily intended to provide all patients and families facing life-threatening illnesses …

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is traditionally defined as a mean pulmonary arterial pressure
(mPAP)≥ 25 mmHg. Although various factors cause PH, the most common etiology is PH …

Computed tomography (CT) is a valuable tool in the workup of patients under investigation
for pulmonary hypertension (PH) and may be the first test to suggest the diagnosis. CT …

Background Degenerative aortic valve (AoV) disease and resulting aortic stenosis are major
clinical health problems. Murine models of valve disease are rare, resulting in a translational …

Background The new 2018 pulmonary hypertension (PH) definition includes a lower mean
pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) cut‐off (> 20 mmHg rather than≥ 25 mmHg) and the …

Background Identifying high-risk patients who will not derive substantial survival benefit from
TAVR remains challenging. Pulmonary hypertension is a known predictor of poor outcome …

Background Differentiation between precapillary and postcapillary pulmonary hypertension
(PH) classically relies on mean pulmonary artery wedge pressure (mPAWP). The left …

Right heart catheterization is a unique tool not only in the diagnosis but also in the
management of patients with a wide range of cardiovascular diseases. The technique dates …

Background: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has become a standard
treatment option for patients with symptomatic aortic stenosis. Elderly high-risk patients …