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Job title: Professor of Medicine
Dr Martin B. Leon is a prominent figure in the field of interventional cardiovascular medicine, contributing significantly to the industry. Currently serving as the Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, he has held key roles such as the Director of the Columbia Interventional Cardiovascular Care and, until July 2023, Director of the Cardiovascular Data Science Center… View more
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Author(s): Simon Kennon Added: 3 years ago
This year has seen a fundamental shift in the balance between transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and aortic valve replacement surgery for the treatment of aortic stenosis. This has come about as a result of the publication of the Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valves (PARTNER) 3 trial in 2019, followed shortly afterwards by Mick Jagger undergoing what looks to have been a… View more
Author(s): Didier Tchétché , Philipp Lurz , Peter Lüdike , et al Added: 2 years ago
This on-demand version of the broadcast "Seeing is Believing – The Edwards Mitral & Tricuspid Transcatheter Portfolio" sees event Chair Didier Tchétché (Clinic Pasteur, Toulouse, FR) joined by an internationally-respected panel, as they explore key elements of the PASCAL platform.Dr Sam Dawkins (John Radcliffe Hospital, UK) explores itspracticalapplication for MR, Dr Nicole Karam (European… View more
Author(s): Raquel del Valle-Fernández , Carlos E Ruiz Added: 3 years ago
Mitral regurgitation (MR) is the second most prevalent valvular heart disease in developed countries and nearly one-third of the patients with isolated, native valve disease are diagnosed with significant MR, according to the Euro Heart Survey on Valvular Heart Disease.1 Mitral valve (MV) complex is a very complicated structure which consists of the mitral annulus (MA), valve leaflets, papillary… View more
Author(s): Yan Topilsky Added: 3 years ago
In contrast to aortic or mitral diseases, there has been far less discussion on indications for tricuspid valve repair or replacement. Despite the fact that tricuspid regurgitation (TR) can result in significant symptoms, it remains undertreated. Patients are rarely referred for isolated surgical repair, or replacement, and most surgeries are performed in the context of other planned cardiac… View more
Author(s): Martin B Leon Added: 3 years ago
Since the first treatment of a patient with severe stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery using the percutaneous balloon angioplasty technique, pioneered by Andreas Gruentzig more than 25 years ago, the thriving subspeciality of lesser-invasive transcatheter therapeutics has become an important treatment alternative in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD). Although balloon… View more
Author(s): Francesco Maisano , Anita W Asgar , , et al Start date: Nov 08, 2022
Author(s): Yusuke Watanabe , Makoto Nakashima Added: 3 years ago
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has become a commonly used and minimally invasive approach for patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS).1,2 In the latest guidelines from the 2017 European Society of Cardiology (ESC)/European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) for the management of valvular heart disease, the following clinical characteristics favour TAVI: Society of… View more