Aortic valve stenosis

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Dislocation and Snaring of an Aortic Bifurcation Stent During Transfemoral Aortic Valve Replacement-a Case Report. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2025. link 17 Ando R, Uematsu M, Nakamura T, Kobayashi T, Yoshizaki T, Horikoshi T et al.. Combined Assessment of Skeletal Muscle Area Using Computed Tomography in Elderly Patients with Aortic Valve Stenosis Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. International heart journal 2025. link 18 Connolly JE, Andabili SHA, Joseph E, Resar J, Rahman F. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients at Four or More Years. The American journal of medicine 2024. link 19 Ziewers S, Fischer ND, Börner JH, Kaufmann L, Tamm A, Yang Y et al.. Clinical Impact and Management of Incidental Renal Findings on Pre-TAVI CT Scan from the Urologist's Perspective. 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Retrospective analysis of Advanced Heart Failure and/or Cardiogenic Shock in Patients with Aortic Valve Stenosis Treated by Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and a Nomogram Model Construction. Alternative therapies in health and medicine 2024. link 32 De Azevedo D, Geers J, Gheysens O, Dweck M, Vancraeynest D. (no title). Seminars in nuclear medicine 2023. link 33 Cangut B, Schaff HV, Suri RM, Greason KL, Stulak JM, Lahr BD et al.. Excess Reintervention With Mitroflow Prosthesis for Aortic Valve Replacement: Ten-Year Outcomes of a Randomized Trial. The Annals of thoracic surgery 2023. link 34 Park S, Cho Y, Oh YW, Ko M, Lim DS, Yu CW et al.. Identifying fragile calcifications of the aortic valve in transcatheter aortic valve replacement: iodine concentration of aortic valvular calcification by spectral CT. European radiology 2023. link 35 Jäckel M, Keller S, Prager EP, Staudacher DL, Schlett C, Zehender M et al.. The impact of transcatheter aortic valve implantation planning and procedure on acute and chronic renal failure. Cardiology journal 2023. link 36 Conzelmann L, Grotherr P, Dapeng L, Würth A, Widder J, Jacobshagen C et al.. Valve-Related Complications in TAVI Leading to Emergent Cardiac Surgery. The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon 2023. link 37 Santangelo G, Faggiano A, Bernardi N, Carugo S, Giammanco A, Faggiano P. Lipoprotein(a) and aortic valve stenosis: A casual or causal association?. Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD 2022. link 38 Chang HH, Lin IC, Wu CW, Hung CY, Liu WC, Wu CY et al.. High fructose induced osteogenic differentiation of human valve interstitial cells via activating PI3K/AKT/mitochondria signaling. Biomedical journal 2022. link 39 Cammalleri V, Idone G, Cosma J, Marino MM, Mauceri A, Stifano G et al.. Lambl's excrescence in transcatheter aortic valve implantation: prevalence and risk of embolic events. 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Transcatheter aortic valve replacement in atypical valve anatomy using the Lotus valve : A Chinese single-center experience. Herz 2021. link 48 Liakopoulos OJ, Gerfer S, Rahmanian P, Eghbalzadeh K, Djordjevic I, Schlachtenberger G et al.. Rapid Deployment Aortic Valve Replacement with the Perceval S and Intuity Elite. The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon 2021. link 49 Kara K, Kloppe A, Ewers A, Bösche L, Aweimer A, Erdogan H et al.. Outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve replacement in older patients. Herz 2021. link 50 Youssef A, Clark JR, Koschinsky ML, Boffa MB. Lipoprotein(a): Expanding our knowledge of aortic valve narrowing. Trends in cardiovascular medicine 2021. link 51 Girgin EM, Colak A, Simsek EC, Toprak B, Yalcin H, Ozdogan O et al.. The relationship between serum pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A level in patients with aortic valve stenosis: a case-control study. Acta cardiologica 2021. link 52 Stachon P, Kaier K, Oettinger V, Bothe W, Zehender M, Bode C et al.. Transapical aortic valve replacement versus surgical aortic valve replacement: A subgroup analyses for at-risk populations. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2021. link 53 Liu X, Yu Z, Daitoku K, Fukuda I, Motomura S, Matsumiya T et al.. Human aortic valve interstitial cells obtained from patients with aortic valve stenosis are vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 positive and contribute to ectopic calcification. Journal of pharmacological sciences 2021. link 54 Jiang T, Hasan SM, Faluk M, Patel J. Evolution of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement | Review of Literature. Current problems in cardiology 2021. link 55 Katsi V, Magkas N, Antonopoulos A, Trantalis G, Toutouzas K, Tousoulis D. Aortic valve: anatomy and structure and the role of vasculature in the degenerative process. Acta cardiologica 2021. link 56 Benfari G, Nistri S, Marin F, Cerrito LF, Maritan L, Tafciu E et al.. Excess Mortality Associated with Progression Rate in Asymptomatic Aortic Valve Stenosis. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 2021. link 57 Hori D, Kusadokoro S, Kitada Y, Kimura N, Matsumoto H, Yuri K et al.. Prosthesis selection for aortic valve replacement in patients on hemodialysis. General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2020. link 58 Kamada H, Ota H, Nakamura M, Imai Y, Ishida S, Sun W et al.. Perioperative Hemodynamic Changes in the Thoracic Aorta in Patients With Aortic Valve Stenosis: A Prospective Serial 4D-Flow MRI Study. Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2020. link 59 Ueno G, Ohno N. Aortic valve approaches in the era of minimally invasive cardiac surgery. Surgery today 2020. link 60 Tzolos E, Andrews JP, Dweck MR. Aortic valve stenosis-multimodality assessment with PET/CT and PET/MRI. 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IL-33 promotes the progression of nonrheumatic aortic valve stenosis via inducing differential phenotypic transition in valvular interstitial cells. Journal of cardiology 2020. link 65 Mirna M, Wernly B, Eder S, Lichtenauer M, Prinz E, Wintersteller W et al.. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation without prior balloon valvuloplasty is associated with less pronounced markers of myocardial injury. The Journal of cardiovascular surgery 2020. link 66 Sakaue T, Hamaguchi M, Aono J, Nakashiro KI, Shikata F, Kawakami N et al.. Valve Interstitial Cell-Specific Cyclooxygenase-1 Associated With Calcification of Aortic Valves. The Annals of thoracic surgery 2020. link 67 Karatolios K, Chatzis G, Luesebrink U, Markus B, Ahrens H, Tousoulis D et al.. Impella support following emergency percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty in patients with severe aortic valve stenosis and cardiogenic shock. 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Accuracy and Trending Ability of the Fourth-Generation FloTrac/EV1000 System in Patients With Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis Before and After Surgical Valve Replacement. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia 2019. link 76 Gerdts E, Saeed S, Midtbø H, Rossebø A, Chambers JB, Einarsen E et al.. Higher left ventricular mass-wall stress-heart rate product and outcome in aortic valve stenosis. Heart (British Cardiac Society) 2019. link 77 Rigatelli G, Dell'Avvocata F, Conte L, Lanza D, Giatti S, Del Santo P et al.. Modified balloon aortic valvuloplasty in fragile symptomatic patients unsuitable for both surgical and percutaneous valve replacement. Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions 2018. link 78 Isbir S. The future of surgical aortic valve replacement and the role of sutureless technology. Minerva cardioangiologica 2018. link 79 Tokarek T, Dziewierz A, Wiktorowicz A, Bagienski M, Rzeszutko L, Sorysz D et al.. Effect of diabetes mellitus on clinical outcomes and quality of life after transcatheter aortic valve implantation for severe aortic valve stenosis. Hellenic journal of cardiology : HJC = Hellenike kardiologike epitheorese 2018. link 80 Siddique A, Yu B, Khan K, Buyting R, Al-Kindi H, Alaws H et al.. Expression of the Frizzled receptors and their co-receptors in calcified human aortic valves. Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology 2018. link 81 Soschynski M, Capilli F, Ruile P, Neumann FJ, Langer M, Krauss T. Post-TAVI Follow-Up with MDCT of the Valve Prosthesis: Technical Application, Regular Findings and Typical Local Post-Interventional Complications. RoFo : Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Rontgenstrahlen und der Nuklearmedizin 2018. link 82 Umegaki T, Kunisawa S, Nakajima Y, Kamibayashi T, Fushimi K, Imanaka Y. Comparison of In-hospital Outcomes Between Transcatheter and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Aortic Valve Stenosis: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using Administrative Data. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia 2018. link 83 Marwan M, Mekkhala N, Göller M, Röther J, Bittner D, Schuhbaeck A et al.. Leaflet thrombosis following transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography 2018. link 84 D'Errigo P, Biancari F, Rosato S, Tamburino C, Ranucci M, Santoro G et al.. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation compared with surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with anaemia. Acta cardiologica 2018. link 85 Barbati G, Zeppellini R, Erente G, Ramondo AB. A complex ventricular septal defect following transcatheter aortic valve implantation evaluated by 3D transthoracic echocardiography. Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) 2018. link 86 He W, Huang RR, Shi QY, Liu XB, Wang JA, Yan M. Bispectral index-guided sedation in transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a retrospective control study. Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B 2017. link 87 Frank RD, Lanzmich R, Haager PK, Budde U. Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis. Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis 2017. link 88 Engborg J, Riechel-Sarup C, Gerke O, Mickley H, Sandgaard NC, Nissen H et al.. Effect of permanent pacemaker on mortality after transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Scandinavian cardiovascular journal : SCJ 2017. link 89 Karangelis D, Mazine A, Roubelakis A, Alexiou C, Fragoulis S, Mazer CD et al.. What is the role of sutureless aortic valves in today's armamentarium?. Expert review of cardiovascular therapy 2017. link 90 Soulat G, Kachenoura N, Bollache E, Perdrix L, Diebold B, Zhygalina V et al.. 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