I just added a new section to our website called Reference Materials. I have posted a few of the hundreds of references I have collected over the past few years on AVBG.
Dr. Gammie and group at the University of Maryland have a good paper summarizing the current state of the art.
Dr. Kerut and his colleagues [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2009
AVBG References
September 2, 2009 – 6:23 pm
Will Transcatheter Implants Send Coronaries to Stent Jail?
September 2, 2009 – 3:42 pm
In my last post, I argued that 40% of patients over age 70 presenting for AVR surgery with a stenotic aortic valve will have a bicuspid shaped valve and therefore will not be eligible for a transcatheter device. What about the 60% that have a tricuspid valve? Are all of these candidates for a transcatheter [...]
When does 2% equal 55%?
September 2, 2009 – 11:06 am
In my last post, I said that 40% of patients over age 70 presenting for stenotic
AVR (Aortic Valve Replacement) have a bicuspid shaped valve and that a bicuspid shaped aortic valve is a major contraindication to transcatheter valve implantation (reference PARTNER Trial and European Guidelines). Rationale for this contraindication can be found in a paper [...]