Publications by authors named "Omar Alessandro Oliva"
Three-year clinical outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with bicuspid aortic disease: Comparison between self-expanding and balloon-expandable valves.
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv
May 2024
Article Synopsis
- Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) stenosis poses challenges for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), with positive short-term results but limited long-term data available.
- A study analyzed 150 patients who underwent TAVI comparing self-expanding valves (SEV) and balloon-expandable valves (BEV), looking at outcomes like mortality, stroke, and the need for valve reintervention over three years.
- Results showed no significant differences in primary or secondary outcomes between SEV and BEV groups, indicating similar long-term clinical effectiveness for both valve types in BAV patients.
We describe a rare and extremely challenging case of transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation in repaired tetralogy of Fallot and anomalous origin of the left main coronary artery from the right coronary sinus. Procedural planning based on advanced multimodality imaging and 3-dimensional technology proved to be the key to procedural success.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEpicardial fat inflammation response to COVID-19 therapies.
Obesity (Silver Spring)
September 2021
Objective: Adipose tissue plays a role in the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT), a unique visceral fat, presents with a high degree of inflammation in severe COVID-19. Whether and how adipose tissue may respond to the COVID-19 therapies is unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To compare in-hospital outcome of Evolut-R 34 mm vs. smaller Evolut-R devices and to identify predictors of paravalvular leak (PVL) and deep implantation specific for Evolut-R 34 mm.
Methods: This single-center retrospective study included 359 consecutive patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with Evolut-R 34 mm (N = 84,23.