Mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair: patient selection, current devices, and clinical outcomes.

Introduction: Over the last two decades, mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER) has become a safe and effective therapy for severe mitral regurgitation in patients deemed at high surgical risk.

Areas Covered: This review aims to encompass the most relevant and updated evidence in the field of M-TEER from its inception, focusing on clinical and anatomical features for proper patient and device selection.

Expert Opinion: Growing operator experience and device iterations have resulted in improved clinical outcomes and an expansion of the therapy to patients with complex anatomies and clinical scenarios.

Impact of Baseline Anemia in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Prognostic Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is currently the treatment of choice for patients aged ≥75 years with severe aortic stenosis. Preoperative anemia is present in a large proportion of patients and may increase the risk of post-procedural complications. The purpose of this prognostic systematic review was to analyze the impact of baseline anemia on short- and mid-term outcomes following TAVR.

EURObservational Research Programme: a bibliometric assessment of its scientific output.

Aims: Given the lack of reliable observational data, a network of volunteer centres, and standardized methodological procedures, the European Society of Cardiology EURObservational Research Programme (EORP) was set up to provide a better understanding of real-world cardiovascular care and outcomes. We aimed to evaluate the scientific impact of EORP using a bibliometric approach.

Methods And Results: We collected data for each individual publication and for each individual journal with at least one EORP publication.

Assessment of the ESC quality indicators in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a systematic review.

Aims: To help improving quality of care in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) set 20 quality indicators (QIs). There is a need to compile and summarize QI availability, feasibility, and global compliance in real-world registries.

Methods And Results: A systematic review of PubMed and Web of Science was conducted including all original articles reporting the use of the ESC QIs in AMI patients.

Atypical advanced interatrial blocks: Definition and electrocardiographic recognition.

The diagnosis of advanced interatrial block (A-IAB) is done by surface ECG analysis when the P-wave ≥120 ms with biphasic (±) morphology in leads II, III and aVF. In this brief communication, we advance a new concept involving atypical patterns of A-IAB due to changes about the morphology or duration of the P-wave. It remains to be determined its real prevalence in different clinical scenarios, and whether these atypical ECG patterns should be considered as predictors of atrial fibrillation/stroke.

Analysis of the Association Between Electrocardiographic P-wave Characteristics and Atrial Fibrillation in the REGICOR Study.

Introduction And Objectives: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common clinically significant cardiac arrhythmia. P-wave duration and interatrial blocks (IAB) have been reported to be associated with AF. Our aim was to determine the individual and combined association of P-wave duration and advanced IAB morphology with AF.

Interatrial block and atrial arrhythmias in centenarians: Prevalence, associations, and clinical implications.

Background: Data are lacking on the characteristics of atrial activity in centenarians, including interatrial block (IAB).

Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of IAB and auricular arrhythmias in subjects older than 100 years and to elucidate their clinical implications.

Methods: We studied 80 centenarians (mean age 101.

The Diagnosis and Clinical Implications of Interatrial Block.

Impaired interatrial conduction or interatrial block is now well-documented but is not described as an individual electrocardiographic (ECG) pattern in the majority of ECG literature. In fact the term has been adopted to encompass both left atrial enlargement (LAE) and interatrial block. In this paper, we maintain that interatrial blocks and atrial enlargement are separate entities, and that interatrial blocks, similar to other types of blocks at sinoatrial, AV junctional, and ventricular level, exhibit a specific ECG pattern that may present first, second, and third degree types of conduction block.