Comparison of TransFemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Performed With a Minimally Invasive Simplified Technique: "FAST" Versus a Standard Approach.

Objectives: To assess the safety and efficacy of a new simplified procedure for transfemoral (TF) transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR): the FAST protocol.

Background: A minimalist approach for TF-TAVR has been reported. The goal of this simplified strategy is to reduce the rate of specific complications associated with general anesthesia, second vascular access, and use of temporary pacemaker, and to reduce the length of stay.

[Is percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in chronic total coronary occlusion justified? Long term results in a series of 201 patients].

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty of chronic total coronary occlusions has a low primary success rate and is associated with a high percentage of restenosis. The aim of this retrospective study was to assess the long-term benefits of these procedures. In a series of 201 patients with 203 chronic total occlusions, the technical success rate was 51%, the clinical success rate was 46% with 3% of major complications.

[Transluminal coronary angioplasty in patients with left ventricular dysfunction; immediate and long term results].

Transluminal coronary angioplasty is increasingly performed in patients with left ventricular dysfunction. However, there is little data available concerning the outcome of these patients. The aim of this retrospective study was to assess the immediate and long-term results in 90 patients (76 men and 14 women) with left ventricular ejection fractions < or = 35% (average 29 +/- 5%) undergoing angioplasty between 1980 and December 1992.