The management of valvular heart disease has markedly changed during the past decades. The timing of intervention—surgically and more recently also by catheter intervention—is no longer primarily driven by the goal of symptom relief for the patient. Treatment strategies aim now for an optimal long-term outcome with regard to both morbidity and mortality. The observation that patients may have a...

V alve replacement for aortic stenosis is easily recognized as life saving, because of the short survival of most patients with advanced symptomatic stages of aortic stenosis. However, there is an increased late mortality from congestive heart failure occurring years after the aortic valve replacement. This problem has been thought to relate to irreversible myocardial changes, manifested morpho...

The management of valvular heart disease has markedly changed during the past decades. The timing of intervention—surgically and more recently also by catheter intervention—is no longer primarily driven by the goal of symptom relief for the patient. Treatment strategies aim now for an optimal long-term outcome with regard to both morbidity and mortality. The observation that patients may have a...

The management of valvular heart disease has markedly changed during the past decades. The timing of intervention—surgically and more recently also by catheter intervention—is no longer primarily driven by the goal of symptom relief for the patient. Treatment strategies aim now for an optimal long-term outcome with regard to both morbidity and mortality. The observation that patients may have a...

Transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement (tPVR) has evolved into a viable alternative to surgical conduit or bioprosthetic valve replacement. This procedure has paved the way for a more advanced approach to congenital and structural interventional cardiology. Although many successes have been noted, there are still a number of challenges with this procedure, including large delivery systems, t...

https://e-kcj.org A bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most common congenital heart valve disease and is more common in males.1) BAV patients demonstrate various clinical courses, including a normally functioning BAV, asymptomatic aortic valve dysfunction and severe aortic valve dysfunction that requires surgery.1) 2) Occasionally, infective endocarditis might be the first clinical manifestatio...