Transcatheter Structural Heart Interventions for the Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure

Transcatheter Structural Heart Interventions for the Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure.

Hybrid Imaging During Transcatheter Structural Heart Interventions

Fusion of different imaging modalities has gained increasing popularity over the last decade. However, most fusions are done between static rather than dynamic images. In order to adequately visualize the complex three-dimensional structures of the beating heart, high-temporal and spatial image resolutions are mandatory. Currently, only the combination of transesophageal echocardiography with f...

Transcatheter Interatrial Shunt Device for the Treatment of Heart Failure

Prevalence of Heart Failure With Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction More than one-half of people with heart failure (HF) have a preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (HFpEF). Patients with HFpEF, commonly referred to as diastolic HF, have symptoms and/or signs of HF and a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) >40% to 50%. The prevalence of HFpEF exceeds 3 million in the Uni...

The last frontier: transcatheter devices for percutaneous or minimally invasive treatment of chronic heart failure

Heart failure has a high prevalence in the general population. Morbidity and mortality of heart failure patients remain high, despite improvements in drug therapy, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and cardiac resynchronisation therapy. New transcatheter implantable devices have been developed to improve the treatment of heart failure. There has been a rapid development of minimally invas...

Expanding Indications of Transcatheter Heart Valve Interventions.

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has been established as a less invasive alternative to open-heart surgery in inoperable or high-risk patients presenting with symptomatic severe aortic valve stenosis. The feasibility and efficacy of valve-in-valve implantation in degenerated surgical aortic bioprostheses have also been described and can currently be considered a valuable treatment ...