Publications by authors named "E I Charitos"
Background: Transradial secondary access (TR-SA) may serve as an alternative to the traditional femoral secondary access (TF-SA) for pigtail placement in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).
Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the incidence of secondary access-related vascular complications after TR-SA or TF-SA in TAVR.
Methods: The PULSE (Plug or sUture based vascuLar cloSurE after TAVR) registry retrospectively evaluated data of 10,120 patients who underwent transfemoral TAVR at 10 heart centers from 2016 to 2021.
Background: Mid-term comparative data for the self-expanding ACURATE neo2 transcatheter heart valve and the balloon-expandable SAPIEN 3 Ultra are lacking.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare 1-year outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve replacement of these 2 valves.
Methods: A total of 2,106 patients from 3 centers (neo2, n = 1,166; Ultra, n = 940) undergoing transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement were analyzed retrospectively.
Introduction And Objectives: It is unknown whether aortic valve calcium volume, as measured by contrast-enhanced computed tomography angiography (angio-CT), is associated with mortality in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). We aimed to confirm that contrast-enhanced aortic valve calcium correlates with noncontrast-enhanced calcium score and provides useful prognostic information in patients undergoing TAVI.
Methods: This retrospective observational study included patients from 2 high-volume TAVI centers in Germany, all of whom underwent high-quality angio-CT prior to TAVI.
Article Synopsis
- - New-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is common after cardiac surgery, particularly coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), with an estimated incidence of about 30%, but it’s often temporary and under-detected.
- - Previous studies on POAF have used intermittent monitoring techniques that may miss many cases, leading to inaccurate assessments of how often arrhythmias occur post-surgery.
- - The CABG-AF study aims to get a clearer picture of AF incidence and patterns after CABG by using continuous monitoring with an insertable cardiac device in 196 patients, tracking episodes over a planned follow-up of three years.
Article Synopsis
- The study examines the characteristics and outcomes of patients with tapered raphe-type bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) when undergoing trans-catheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), focusing on the safety and effectiveness of modern heart valves.
- Researchers analyzed data from 897 patients, finding that those with tapered configurations showed similar success rates and safety between two sizing strategies: annular and supra-annular.
- The results indicate that TAVR is a safe and effective procedure for these patients, regardless of the sizing method used, maintaining a high rate of clinical efficacy at mid-term follow-up.