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Extrathoracic Should Be Preferred Alternative to Transfemoral TAVI: Registry

VIENNA, Austria—More data are confirming that if femoral access isn’t possible for transcatheter aortic valve replacement, then operators should at the very least stay out of the thorax when ...
TCTMD

Vascular Closure via Suture/Plug Combo Reduces Complications: ACCESS-TAVI

WASHINGTON, DC—For vascular closure after transfemoral TAVI, a strategy that combines suture- and plug-based devices halves the risk of access site-related vascular complications during a patient’s’ ...
EurekAlert!

Same-day hospital discharge is safe in selected patients after TAVI

Munich, Germany – 19 February 2026: With careful selection, same-day hospital discharge was found to be feasible and safe in around one-fifth of patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve ...
Medical Xpress

Optimization of vascular closure techniques in TAVI procedures: Study shows advantages of the combined procedure

The randomized ACCESS-TAVI study led by PD Dr. Tobias Rheude and DZHK-Prof. Michael Joner from the German Heart Center Munich and the German Center for Cardiovascular Research shows that a combined ...
News Medical

Study supports safe same-day discharge following TAVI procedures

With careful selection, same-day hospital discharge was found to be feasible and safe in around one-fifth of patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation in a study presented today at ...
EurekAlert!

EuroPCR 2024 – Early outcomes of a randomised non-inferiority trial comparing TAVI devices: the LANDMARK trial

Paris, France, 14-17 May 2024. The Course Directors have selected 3 major Late Breaking Trials (LBTs) that will be presented for the first time during the 2024 edition of EuroPCR. These trials were ...
Medscape

TAVI in-Hospital Death, Stroke Rates Stay Low Even as Use Climbs: GARY

In that high-risk group, in-hospital mortality was "just as good, if not better" with TAVI as with conventional aortic-valve surgery, said Dr Christian W Hamm (Kerckhoff Heart and Thorax Centre, Bad ...
Medical Xpress

Cerebral embolic protection during transcatheter aortic-valve replacement

A study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) found that among patients with aortic stenosis undergoing transfemoral transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR), the use of a ...
News Medical

TAVI outperforms surgery in reducing complications for women with severe aortic stenosis

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) was superior to surgical aortic valve replacement for reducing death, stroke or rehospitalization in women with severe aortic stenosis, according to late ...
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Genesis MedTech initiates enrolment in its North American Early Feasibility Study using the J-Valve™ Transfemoral System for patients with severe aortic regurgitation

BURLINGAME, Calif., Oct. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Genesis MedTech, a leading medical device company, today announced initiation of enrolment in its North American Early Feasibility Study using its ...
Medscape

Pause Anticoagulants During TAVI to Reduce Bleeding Risk

LONDON — Continuing oral anticoagulant drugs rather than briefly stopping them during transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) failed to provide any benefits and, in fact, increased the risk for ...