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ESC 25 Discussion: 2025 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the Management of Valvular Heart Disease
Author(s): Harriette Van Spall , Michael Andrew Borger Added: 1 month ago
ESC Congress 2025 - Dr Harriette Van Spall (McMaster University, Canada) sits down with Professor Michael Borger (University of Leipzig Heart Center, Germany), Co-Chair of the newly released 2025 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the Management of Valvular Heart Disease.The new guidelines bring together the latest evidence and expert consensus on how to diagnose, evaluate, and treat patients with valvular… View more

Guidelines & Statements

Imaging & Diagnostics
The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery was founded in 1986 as a European organisation devoted to the practice of cardio-thoracic surgery. Membership has now spread all over the world with 4000 active members including surgeons, perfusionists and allied health professionals.The mission of the Association is to advance education in the field of cardiac, thoracic and vascular… View more
Geographical Inequality in Access to Aortic Valve Intervention in England
Author(s): Suleman Aktaa , Noman Ali , Peter F Ludman , et al Added: 1 year ago

Intervention
Research Area(s) / Expertise: Job title: Professor of Cardiac Surgery, and Chief, Department of Cardiac Surgery
Prof Ottavio Alfieri is Senior Consultant at the Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit of San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, IT. He is the President of the "Alfieri Heart Foundation," established to support research and innovation at San Raffaele Hospital. From 1996 to 2017, he served as the Director of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan and held the position of Professor of… View more
TCT Middle East 25: Minimally Invasive Surgery
Author(s): Rania Hammami , Uthman Aluthman Added: 5 months ago
TCT Middle East 2025 — We are joined by Prof Rania Hammami and Dr Uthman Aluthman as they discuss the key takeaways for minimally invasive surgery from the conference.The specialists provide insights on evolving definitions and expanding applications of minimally invasive cardiac surgical techniques. They address practical considerations regarding patient selection, recovery trajectories, and… View more

Intervention
Non-cardiac Surgery Interventions on Patients Receiving Impella Support
Author(s): Mark Anderson , Nicolas Brozzi , Raul Rosenthal , et al Added: 1 year ago

Intervention
Job title: Contract Professor of Cardiac Surgery, and Staff Cardiac Surgeon, Department of Cardiac Surgery
NVM Cardiology Meeting Reflections: AHA 25 Preview
Author(s): Nicolas M Van Mieghem Added: 1 day ago
NVM Cardiology Conference Reflections: What’s Hot at AHA 2025?Join Prof Nicolas Van Mieghem, Transcatheter Interventions Online Course Director, as he shares his perspective on the most anticipated late-breaking science from AHA 2025; the year’s defining moments in structural, coronary therapeutics.What transformative data should we expect at this year’s meeting? Which studies will challenge… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia

Intervention
TAVR vs Surgery: PARTNER 3 7-Year Low-Risk Outcomes
Added: 1 week ago Source:  Radcliffe Cardiology
Long-term data from the PARTNER 3 trial show no significant differences in key clinical outcomes at 7 years between transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR) and surgical aortic-valve replacement (SAVR) for low-risk patients with severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis.¹ This extended follow-up provides crucial insights into the durability and long-term safety of both procedures in this patient… View more

Guidelines & Statements

Heart Failure
Urgent Surgery vs Fibrinolysis for Prosthetic Valve Thrombosis: SAFE-PVT Trial Results
Added: 1 month ago Source:  Transcatheter Academy
For patients with symptomatic left-sided mechanical prosthetic valve thrombosis (PVT), the optimal treatment strategy between urgent surgery and fibrinolytic therapy (FT) has been uncertain. The SAFE-PVT trial, the first randomised controlled trial (RCT) to directly compare these approaches, found that while surgery is associated with a higher risk of complications and death, FT often results in… View more

Anticoagulation

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