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Author(s): Els Troost , Werner Budts Added: 3 years ago
The prevalence of heart disease in pregnant women is estimated to be between 0.1 and 4%; although the prevalence has not changed for decades, the relative contribution of different types of heart disease varies according to the study population and the study period. Nowadays, in developed countries the largest group of females with an underlying heart disease consists of women with congenital… View more
Author(s): Moritz Seiffert Added: 1 week ago
ACC.24 — Investigator Dr Moritz Seiffert (University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, DE) joins us onsite at ACC to discuss the findings of the DEDICATE-DZHK6 Trial (NCT03112980).This randomized controlled, multi-center trial aimed to investigate whether transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is non-inferior to surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in patients with symptomatic severe… View more
Dr Fabien Praz is an interventional cardiologist at Bern University Hospital, Switzerland. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Tricuspid Regurgitation, Mitral Stenosis, and Aortic Valve Stenosis. View more
Author(s): Daniel Alejandro Lerman , Sai Prasad , Nasri Alotti Added: 3 years ago
Progressive thickening of the aortic valve leaflets and narrowing of the aortic annulus leads to increased mechanical stress on the left ventricle and reduces cardiac output, resulting in further complications.1–3 The proportion of the population affected increases as the median age of a country or region rises. Approximately 2–4 % of people aged over 65 will develop calcific aortic stenosis,… View more
Job title: Director, Structural Heart Disease of Cardiovascular Medicine
Division of Structural and Congenital Heart Disease, Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute – North Shore/LIJ Health System, New York, US. Dr Chad A Kliger serves as Associate Editor for US Cardiology Review. View more