Publications by authors named "Alberta Marcolini"
Management, Flow, and Outcomes of Patients with Aortic Stenosis Followed by a Heart Valve Clinic: The Untold "Behind the Scene" from a High-Volume, Real-World Experience.
Federico Cammertoni Natalia Pavone Piergiorgio Bruno Gabriele Di Giammarco Francesco Burzotta Alberta Marcolini
J Clin Med
January 2025
According to current guidelines, patients with heart valve disease should be followed by Heart Valve Clinics (HVCs). Regular quality analysis is a major prerequisite of an HVC's program, but few data have been reported so far. We retrospectively collected patients with isolated, native aortic valve stenosis who had been visited in our HVC at least once between 2021 and 2024.
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- Aortic valve replacement (AVR) has seen an increased use of the Perceval sutureless bioprosthesis, which shows promising safety and reliability in both short- and mid-term outcomes, with some long-term data emerging.
- An updated systematic review of studies from 2015 to 2024 analyzed long-term outcomes of 5,221 patients with Perceval implants, revealing a long-term survival rate between 64.8% to 87.9% and low rates of complications such as structural valve degeneration and significant leaks.
- Despite limited data on sutureless bioprostheses, the encouraging results from existing studies suggest that Perceval could provide