Unmet needs in valvular heart disease

D Messika-Zeitoun, H Baumgartner… - European heart …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Valvular heart disease (VHD) is the next epidemic in the cardiovascular field, affecting
millions of people worldwide and having a major impact on health care systems. With aging …

2019 Canadian Cardiovascular Society position statement for transcatheter aortic valve implantation

AW Asgar, M Ouzounian, C Adams, J Afilalo… - Canadian Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) or replacement has rapidly changed the
treatment of patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis. It is now the standard of care …

Early intervention in patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis and myocardial fibrosis: the EVOLVED randomized clinical trial

K Loganath, NJ Craig, RJ Everett, R Bing… - JAMA, 2025 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Development of myocardial fibrosis in patients with aortic stenosis precedes left
ventricular decompensation and is associated with an adverse long-term prognosis …

Triage considerations for patients referred for structural heart disease intervention during the COVID-19 pandemic: an ACC/SCAI position statement

PB Shah, FGP Welt, E Mahmud, A Phillips… - Cardiovascular …, 2020 - jacc.org
Abstract The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has strained health care
resources around the world, causing many institutions to curtail or stop elective procedures …

Increasing wait-time mortality for severe aortic stenosis: a population-level study of the transition in practice from surgical aortic valve replacement to transcatheter …

O Albassam, KA Henning, F Qiu, P Cram… - Circulation …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has emerged as a reasonable
alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) for patients with severe aortic …

[PDF][PDF] Triage considerations for patients referred for structural heart disease intervention during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: an ACC/SCAI …

PB Shah, FGP Welt, E Mahmud… - JACC …, 2020 - scholarlycommons.henryford.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has strained health care
resources around the world, causing many institutions to curtail or stop elective procedures …

Great debate: all patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis need valve replacement

B Iung, L Pierard, J Magne… - European Heart …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Department of Cardiology III—Adult Congenital and Valvular Heart Disease, University
Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany Aortic stenosis (AS) has become a significant health …

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiac procedure wait list mortality in Ontario, Canada

DY Tam, F Qiu, R Manoragavan, SE Fremes… - Canadian Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The novel SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has dramatically
altered the delivery of healthcare services, resulting in significant referral pattern changes …

Consequences of canceling elective invasive cardiac procedures during Covid‐19 outbreak

R Moreno, JL Díez, JA Diarte, F Macaya… - Catheterization and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background During COVID‐19 pandemic in Spain, elective procedures were canceled or
postponed, mainly due to health care systems overwhelming. Objective The objective of this …

Impact of wait times on late postprocedural mortality after successful transcatheter aortic valve replacement

V Roule, I Rebouh, A Lemaitre, R Sabatier… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Wait times are associated with mortality on waiting list for transcatheter aortic valve
replacement (TAVR). Whether longer wait times are associated with long term mortality after …