Transcatheter technologies triggered the recent revision of the guidelines that progressively
widened the indications for the treatment of aortic stenosis. On the surgical realm, a …

We review a comprehensive risk assessment approach for percutaneous coronary
interventions in older adults and highlight the relevance of geriatric syndromes within that …

Background Due to improved management, diagnosis, and care of myocardial infarction
(MI), patients may now survive long enough to increasingly develop serious …

This statement focuses on the fact that women with peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM)
have a substantial mortality and morbidity rate. Less than 50% of patients have full recovery …

Purpose Models of integrated, multidisciplinary care are optimal in the setting of complex,
chronic diseases and in the overlap of medical and mental health disease, both of which …

Background Survival after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has markedly
increased. Thus, other comorbidities will intersect patient trajectories and challenge follow …

As the population ages, older adults represent an increasing proportion of patients referred
to the cardiac catheterization laboratory. Older adults are the highest-risk group for morbidity …

BACKGROUND: While clinical practice guidelines advocate for multidisciplinary heart team
(MDHT) discussions in coronary revascularization, variability in implementation across …

Abstract The 1986 Bethesda Conference on Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) in the Elderly,
co-chaired by Drs Nanette Wenger, Frank Marcus, and Robert O'Rourke delineated the …

Multidisciplinary heart teams (MDHTs) have become a fundamental component in modern
cardiovascular care, recognized for their role in improving outcomes for patients with …