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Latest-iteration balloon- and self-expandable transcatheter valves for severe bicuspid aortic stenosis: the TRITON study.

Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed)

November 2023

Departamento de Cardiología, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, Spain.

Introduction And Objectives: No comparisons have been published yet regarding the newest iteration of balloon- and self-expandable transcatheter heart valves for the treatment of bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) stenosis.

Methods: Multicenter registry of consecutive patients with severe BAV stenosis treated with balloon-expandable transcatheter heart valves (Myval and SAPIEN 3 Ultra, S3U) or self-expanding Evolut PRO+(EP+). TriMatch analysis was carried out to minimize the impact of baseline differences.

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Article Synopsis
  • Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) affects 15-20% of heart failure patients in India, diagnosed through clinical symptoms, biomarkers, and echocardiography.
  • Effective management involves lifestyle changes, risk factor control, and treating other health conditions.
  • Medications like spironolactone, sacubitril-valsartan, and SGLT2 inhibitors (e.g., empagliflozin, dapagliflozin) are beneficial, especially in reducing hospitalizations for HFpEF patients, regardless of diabetes status.*
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Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasingly diagnosed in South Asia. This survey by the Tamil Nadu Chapter of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology (TNISG) documents the demography, clinical profile, and therapeutic practices related to IBD in Tamil Nadu.

Methods: TNISG members from 32 institutions completed an online cross-sectional questionnaire on IBD patients from March 2020 to January 2021.

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Objectives: The PROSE trial purpose is to investigate whether the incidence of thromboembolic-related complications is reduced with a current generation mechanical prosthesis (On-X Life Technologies/CryoLife Inc.-On-X) compared with a previous generation mechanical prosthesis (St Jude Medical-SJM). The primary purpose of the initial report is to document the preoperative demographics, and the preoperative and operative risk factors by individual prosthesis and by Western and Developing populations.

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Background: Duodenal carcinoids (neuroendocrine tumour) are rare tumour, but recently, increase in incidence has been noted. Various techniques for excision of tumour have been described in literature, but very few case reports and case series have mentioned about laparoscopic management of carcinoid tumour. We describe a case series of seven cases of duodenal non-periampullary carcinoids which was managed by laparoscopic method.

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A Call to action: For the attention of oncologists!

South Asian J Cancer

July 2012

Consultant In Infectious Diseases, Apollo Hospital Chennai, 320 Anna Salai, Chennai - 600 035, India E-mail:

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