Background: Frailty assessment may inform surgical risk and prognosis not captured by
conventional surgical risk scores. Purpose: To evaluate the evidence for various frailty …

Registry data that shows a clinically meaningful association of higher mortality and other
major complications with site annual volume below the recommended threshold of 50 …

The recommendations listed in this document are, whenever possible, evidence based. An
extensive review was conducted on literature published through March 1, 2020. Searches …

Recenzenci dokumentu: Marco Roffi, koordynator recenzji ze strony CPG (Szwajcaria),
Ottavio Alfieri1, koordynator recenzji ze strony EACTS (Włochy), Stefan Agewall (Norwegia) …

Health professionals are encouraged to take the ESC/EACTS Guidelines fully into account
when exercising their clinical judgment, as well as in the determination and the …

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) develops a number of clinical policy documents
to provide members with guidance on clinical topics. Although clinical practice guidelines …

Background During the introduction of transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR) in the
United States, requirements regarding procedural volume were mandated by the Centers for …

Abstract Background: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)/American College of
Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy (TVT) Registry captures all procedures with Food …

Background: Conscious sedation is used during transcatheter aortic valve replacement
(TAVR) with limited evidence as to the safety and efficacy of this practice. Methods: The …

Background: Transcaval access may enable fully percutaneous transcatheter aortic valve
replacement (TAVR) without the hazards and discomfort of transthoracic (transapical or …