Prognostic impact of left and right atrial strain in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

Aims: Data on the prognostic value of left and right atrial strain after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for severe aortic stenosis (AS) are limited. Aim of this study was to evaluate outcomes of patients undergoing TAVR stratified by left and right atrial strain.

Methods And Results: Using data from a high-volume academic center, left and right atrial reservoir strain (LASr and RASr) was obtained in patients who underwent TAVR for severe AS from 2018 until 2021.

Progress of Angiographic Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy in Patients With Long-Term Transplantation: Longitudinal Evaluation of Its Association With Dyslipidemia Patterns.

Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) is a progressive disease with limited options for secondary prevention. Ways to manage lipid parameters and dyslipidemia patterns in care after transplantation remain unclear. In this longitudinal study, we included 32 patients with long-term heart transplantations (median interval after transplant 13.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation and its impact on endothelial function in patients with aortic stenosis.

Vascular function is impaired in patients with aortic valve stenosis (AS). The impact of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) on endothelial function is inconclusive so far. Therefore, we sought to assess the short-term influence of TAVI on endothelial dysfunction in patients with AS.

Aortic valved homograft degeneration: surgical or transcatheter approach for repeat aortic valve replacement?

Objectives: Aortic valved allografts (homografts) have been used alternatively to mechanical or biological valve prostheses in expectation of better durability; however, homograft valves do degenerate, and redo procedures have proven challenging due to heavy wall calcification. The aim of the study was to compare the outcome of open surgical (SAVR) and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in degenerated homografts.

Methods: Between 1993 and 2022, 81 patients underwent repeat aortic valve procedures having previously received an aortic homograft.