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Author(s): Leslie Marisol Lugo , Rafael Romaguera , Joan Antoni Gómez-Hospital , et al Added: 3 years ago
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is the therapy of choice for patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis who are unsuitable for surgical aortic valve replacement and for elderly patients with high operative risk.1,2 It is also considered to be a more than valid and reasonable alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement for patients with moderate to high surgical risk.3,4… View more
Author(s): Patricia Fonseca , Raphael Rosenhek , Vinayak Bapat , et al Added: 3 years ago
Degenerative aortic stenosis (AS) is a chronic progressive valvular disease that affects approximately 1.4 % of individuals over 65 years and 4.6 % of patients older than 75 years in the US.1 While the prognosis of asymptomatic patients with severe AS is generally good, that of symptomatic patients is very poor, with an overall mortality of approximately 80 % at three years once the disease… View more
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Coronary Interventions

Job title: Consultant cardiologist
Background Dr Ghada Mikhail is a consultant interventional cardiologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. She qualified from the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, and was awarded an MD from the University of London. She trained at the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust. She has gained international experience by spending a year in Italy, in a world renowned centre, on an… View more
Axel Unbehaun is a senior consultant in cardiac surgery at the German Heart Center Berlin, Germany. He assumes responsibility for transcatheter therapies in structural heart disease at the German Heart Center Berlin and at Charité University Hospital Berlin. Since 2008, he has been continuously involved in establishing and advancing the local Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation program… View more
Dr Andreas Rück is the head of the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) program at Karolinska University Hospital – Stockholm, Sweden and the chairman of the Swedish Percutaneous Valve Registry (a registry within the Swedish Heart Registries SWEDEHEART). He is member of the steering group of SWEDEHEART and of the Working group for PCI and Valve Interventions within the Swedish Society… View more