Mitral regurgitation (MR) is one of the most prevalent valve disorders and has numerous
aetiologies, including primary (organic) MR, due to underlying degenerative/structural mitral …

Transcatheter mitral interventions has been developed to address an unmet clinical need
and may be an alternative therapeutic option to surgery with the intent to provide symptomatic …

Tricuspid valve (TV) disease has been relatively neglected, despite the known association
between severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) and mortality. Few patients undergo isolated …

Background The safety of drug-eluting stents has been called into question by recent reports
of increased stent thrombosis, myocardial infarction, and death. Such studies have been …

Aims: To critically review the available transcatheter aortic valve implantation techniques and
their results, as well as propose recommendations for their use and development. Methods …

… M Schlüter wrote the initial draft of the report, which was refined by J Schofer and G Breithardt,
before it was sent to the steering committee members, AH Gershlick, W Wijns, E Garcia, …

The emphasis in the Delphi literature to date has been on results rather than on methodology
and evaluation of design features. The other articles in this chapter do address the latter …

We sought to identify theoretical advantages and applications of the centerline method for
quantitative assessment of regional ventricular function. Motion was measured along 100 …

Background— Sirolimus-eluting stents have been reported to be effective in the treatment of
coronary bifurcations. Still, it has not been fully clarified which strategy would provide the …

Objectives : This study sought to determine the effect of rotational atherectomy (RA) on drug-eluting
stent (DES) effectiveness. Background : DES are frequently used in complex lesions, …