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EHRA 2025 - Long-term insights from pacemaker implantation after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) show patients receiving pacemaker therapy within 30 days after TAVI had a significantly worse prognosis compared to patients with no pacemaker therapy in regards to all-cause death and CV death at one, five and ten year follow-ups.Prof Patrick Badertscher (University Hospital Basel,… View more
Added: 2 months ago Source:  Transcatheter Academy
A large-scale meta-analysis suggests that for patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS) at a low- to intermediate-surgical risk, transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is associated with a lower risk of all-cause death or any stroke at one year compared with surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR).¹This study was an individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis of four… View more
Job title: Consultant Cardiologist
Dr Archana Rao serves as a Consultant Cardiologist at the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital. She is a heart failure specialist who performs complex device and lead extraction procedures in addition to leadless pacing, subcutaneous ICDs and His bundle pacing. Dr Rao has performed over 3,000 ICD implantations and over 500 system extractions, and she has implanted more than 1,500 permanent… View more
Author(s): Harriette Van Spall , Helene Eltchaninoff Added: 1 year ago
ESC Congress 2024 — Transcatheter aortic valve replacement shows superiority over surgical aortic valve replacement for women with severe aortic stenosis.Host, Dr Harriette Van Spall (McMaster University, CA) sits down with Prof Helene Eltchaninoff (University Hospital of Rouen, FR) to discuss key findings from the RHEIA trial (NCT04160130; Optimapharm).This prospective, randomised study aims to… View more
Tze-Fan Chao is an Associate Professor at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan and attending physician at the Division of Cardiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. He was trained in medicine and cardiology at the Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Dr Chao’s clinical interest is cardiac electrophysiology, including implantation of permanent… View more
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Coronary Interventions

Job title: Consultant cardiologist
Background Dr Ghada Mikhail is a consultant interventional cardiologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. She qualified from the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, and was awarded an MD from the University of London. She trained at the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust. She has gained international experience by spending a year in Italy, in a world renowned centre, on an… View more
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Structural Intervention

Job title: Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals, Harefield, UK
Dr. Robert Smith is a renowned consultant interventional cardiologist, serving both private and NHS patients at Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals. With extensive training and experience, he is a key figure in interventional cardiology.Education and TrainingDr. Smith began his medical journey at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School (now part of Queen Mary, University of London),… View more